title: Lumboperitoneal shunts.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To assess lumboperitoneal shunting as a simple method of relieving communicating hydrocephalus, treating pseudotumor cerebri, and resolving cerebrospinal fluid fistulae.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three neurosurgeons at different hospitals report their combined experience over a 20-year period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ease of insertion of the device and low rate of complications were reported in a combined series of 107 patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Lumboperitoneal shunting is a technically simple and highly effective surgical technique for diversion of cerebrospinal fluid.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico Medical School, Clovis 88101, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Babur
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Savitz
mesh_terms: D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D005402:Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D010537:Peritoneum; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000601:surgery*