title: Percutaneous thecoperitoneal shunt for syringomyelia. Report of three cases.
abstract: Between January and April, 1990, three consecutive cases of syringomyelia were treated by percutaneous placement of thecoperitoneal shunts. Two of these patients had undergone craniovertebral decompression earlier at other centers and the third was treated primarily by a thecoperitoneal shunt. In each case, the syrinx was associated with Chiari I malformation, although the clinical presentation was due to a myelopathy. All three patients obtained unequivocal benefit from this simple procedure. Postoperative magnetic resonance images showed considerable shrinkage of the cysts corresponding with clinical improvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, T.N. Medical College, Bombay, India.
authors.forename: U S
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Vengsarkar
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Panchal
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Tripathi
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Patkar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Doshi
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Kamat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010537:Peritoneum; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000601:surgery*