title: Ventriculo-atrial shunt via the left axillary vein--a novel approach.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departament of Neurosurgery, Atkinson Morley Wing, St. George's Hospital, UK. teesh99@hotmail.com
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Trivedi
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Chemla
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Marsh
mesh_terms: 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