title: A classification of CSF shunt malfunction.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Neurosciences, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Gilkes
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Steers
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Minns
mesh_terms: D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies