Flow-directed atrial catheter placement for ventriculoatrial shunts: technical note.
The placement of the atrial portion of a ventriculoatrial shunt is occasionally rendered difficult by a tendency of the shunt catheter to pass into the contralateral jugular vein or into a subclavian vein instead of into the atrium. We report a simple flow-directed technique that may resolve this problem.
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Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco.
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D000328:Adult; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000295:instrumentation*