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A simple method for distal catheter lengthening of ventriculoperitoneal shunts. Technical note
1Division of Neurological Surgery, California College of Medicine, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange.
Journal of Neurosurgery
|November 1, 1992
Abstract:
A simple technique to lengthen the distal catheter of ventriculoperitoneal shunts is described. This method, which utilizes a guidewire, has been successful in elective shunt revisions in eight children.