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Lumboperitoneal shunts
H Babur1, Q Torres, M H Savitz
1Division of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico Medical School, Clovis 88101, USA.
Background:
To assess lumboperitoneal shunting as a simple method of relieving communicating hydrocephalus, treating pseudotumor cerebri, and resolving cerebrospinal fluid fistulae.
Method:
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.
