Lumboperitoneal shunts.
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.
Babur
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Division of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico Medical School, Clovis 88101, USA.
Torres
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Savitz
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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*