Ventriculo-atrial shunt via the left axillary vein--a novel approach.
This report describes a technique to divert cerebrospinal fluid into the right atrium via the left axillary vein in a patient in whom other methods had been attempted without success.
Trivedi
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Departament of Neurosurgery, Atkinson Morley Wing, St. George's Hospital, UK. teesh99@hotmail.com
Chemla
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Marsh
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D000328:Adult; D001367:Axillary Vein; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000379:methods*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male