title: Thermosensitive determination of patency in lumboperitoneal shunts. Technical note.
abstract: Surface cooling and thermistor recording over shunt tubing was used in 23 studies of cerebrospinal fluid shunt patency in 19 patients with lumboperitoneal shunts and normal-pressure hydrocephalus. Shunt patency was shown by downward reflection of the recording trace similar to that obtained for ventriculoperitoneal shunts. Obstruction was demonstrated by a flat-line recording or an upward deflection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kanagawa Prefectural Ashigarakami Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishiwata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chiba
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gondo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ide
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuwabara
mesh_terms: D001831:Body Temperature; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000628:therapy; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity; D013821:Thermometers