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Neuronavigation and Laparoscopy Guided Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Insertion for the Treatment of Hydrocephalus
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One trocar laparoscopic placement of peritoneal shunt for hydrocephalus: A simplified technique
Konstantinos Tepetes1, George Tzovaras, Konstantinos Paterakis
1The Departments of General Surgery and Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Larissa, 2 Athinas Str., 412 22 Larissa, Greece. ktepetes@yahoo.co.uk
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
|June 23, 2005
Abstract:
Peritoneal catheter placement for the treatment of hydrocephalus can nowadays be performed laparoscopically. We report our experience using a single trocar technique, with emphasis to a modification applied especially for the obese patients.
