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Ventriculo-atrial shunt via the left axillary vein--a novel approach
P M Trivedi1, E S Chemla, H T Marsh
1Departament of Neurosurgery, Atkinson Morley Wing, St. George's Hospital, UK. teesh99@hotmail.com
British Journal of Neurosurgery
|April 1, 2005
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.
