A classification of CSF shunt malfunction.
A classification of dysfunctional shunts is proposed and clarification of the terminology discussed. This is based on experience of successive shunt malfunctions over a 3-year period with the aid of ventricular pressure measurements, imaging and clinical semiology. The classification system is both anatomical and functional.
Gilkes
C E
CE
Department of Paediatric Neurosciences, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK.
Steers
A J
AJ
Minns
R A
RA
D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies