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Peritoneovenous Shunts

Known as: peritoneal shunt, SHUNT, PERITONEAL, peritoneovenous shunting 
A peritoneo-venous shunt is an implanted device that consists of a catheter and a pressure activated one-way valve. The catheter is implanted with… 
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1997
1997
Combined frameless stereotaxy and neuroendoscopy in placement of intracranial shunt catheters.
Twenty-six patients have had cranio-peritoneal shunts placed using a new introducer allowing the combination of frameless… 
1985
1985
Unilateral subdural-peritoneal shunting for bilateral chronic subdural hematomas in infancy. Report of three cases.
The authors present the cases of three infants with bilateral chronic subdural hematomas (SDH's) (effusions). Communication… 
1982
1982
Pleural peritoneal shunts for the treatment of malignant pleural effusions.
1981
1981
Accelerated fibrinogen and platelet destruction after peritoneovenous shunting.
Peritoneovenous shunting with the LeVeen valve is generally recognized as an effective procedure for the treatment of intractable… 
1978
1978
Disseminated intravascular coagulation. Complication of LeVeen peritoneovenous shunts.
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) occurred in three of five patients after insertion of a LeVeen shunt for intractable… 
1977
1977
Hepatorenal syndrome: reversal by peritoneovenous shunt.
Two patients with hepatorenal syndrome were treated by insertion of a peritoneovenous shunt. The renal deficit was corrected… 
Review
1976
Review
1976
Complications of ventriculo-vascular shunts: computer analysis of etiological factors.
The charts were reviewed at 323 patients who underwent a total of 578 ventricular shunting procedures at the Vancouver General… 
1975
1975
Dynamic changes of cerebrospinal fluid in upright and recumbent shunted experimental animals.
The effect of positional change on intracranial CSF pressure, valve flow rates and atrial pressures were studied in 40… 
Review
1975
Review
1975
Treatment of infected ventricular shunts.
25 shunt infections following 23 vascular and 2 peritoneal shunts are reviewed, thus enlarging a previous review… 
Review
1970
Review
1970
Stridor, myelomeningocele, and hydrocephalus in a child.
IT WAS Heatley 1 in 1939 who first noted the occurrence of laryngeal stridor in a child with myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus… 
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