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Thermosensitive determination of patency in lumboperitoneal shunts. Technical note.

Abstract
Surface cooling and thermistor recording over shunt tubing was used in 23 studies of cerebrospinal fluid shunt patency in 19 patients with lumboperitoneal shunts and normal-pressure hydrocephalus. Shunt patency was shown by downward reflection of the recording trace similar to that obtained for ventriculoperitoneal shunts. Obstruction was demonstrated by a flat-line recording or an upward deflection.
AuthorsY Ishiwata, Y Chiba, T Yamashita, G Gondo, K Ide, T Kuwabara
JournalJournal of neurosurgery (J Neurosurg) Vol. 70 Issue 1 Pg. 143-5 (Jan 1989) ISSN: 0022-3085 [Print] United States
PMID2909676 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Topics
  • Body Temperature
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
  • Equipment Failure
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus (therapy)
  • Lumbosacral Region
  • Peritoneal Cavity
  • Thermometers

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