title: Management of the ventricular shunt in posterior deformities of the skull in craniosynostosis.
abstract: The existence of an occipitoparietal cerebrospinal fluid shunt complicates the attempt to remodel posterior skull deformities in craniosynostosis. A composite method to reposition the shunt hardware is described and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Section of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Persing
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D012886:Skull / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt