title: Ventriculocystostomy. A new method of percutaneous intracranial shunting.
abstract: A new method of treatment for arachnoid intracranial cysts is described, involving introduction of a catheter which enables fluid passage from the cyst into the ventricular system, and its resorption. Successful drainage has been achieved in 17 patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Central Military Hospital, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bret
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Skodová
mesh_terms: D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D014696:Ventriculostomy / Q000379:methods