title: Frontal ventriculoperitoneal shunt: technical note.
abstract: Cerebrospinal fluid shunt placement is one of the most commonly performed procedures in neurological surgery. The author describes a technique to avoid an additional skin incision in the frontal ventriculoperitoneal shunt procedure without the purchase of new instruments or prolongation of surgical time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ratanalert
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D005624:Frontal Bone; D006801:Humans; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*