title: [Experience of shunting surgery in treatment for  meningeal carcinomatosis].
abstract: To evaluate the value of shunting surgery in the treatment for patients with meningeal carcinomatosis.  Methods: The therapeutic process of shunting surgery was analyzed in 5 meningeal carcinomatosis patients.  Results: The intracranial pressure could effectively be controlled, and the associated symptoms could be relieved. No complications associated with shunting surgery were found during the hospitalization and follow-up. One patient, who did not receive the surgery, died in 2 months later.  Conclusion: Shunting surgery can effectively relieve the intracranial pressure caused by meningeal carcinomatosis, decrease the mortality and morbidity caused by intractable intracranial hypertension in these patients, and improve their live quality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
authors.forename: Jingping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
authors.forename: Zhiping
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
authors.forename: Gelei
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
authors.forename: Xinbin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathophysiology, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D055756:Meningeal Carcinomatosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D011788:Quality of Life