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Eur J Pediatr Surg 1999; 9: 19-22
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1072306
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1072306
Original article
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
A Classification of CSF Shunt Malfunction
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Publication History
Publication Date:
25 March 2008 (online)
Abstract
A classification of dysfunctional shunts is proposed and clarification of the terminology discussed. This is based on experience of successive shunt malfunctions over a 3-year period with the aid of ventricular pressure measurements, imaging and clinical semiology. The classification system is both anatomical and functional.
Key words
Shunt malfunction - Classification - 26 mechanisms