Accurate placement of the distal end of a ventriculoatrial shunt with the aid of real-time transesophageal echocardiography: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 153-156

  Machinis, Theofilos G ^a   Fountas, Kostas N ^a,b   Hudson, John ^a   Robinson, Joe Sam ^a   Troup, E Christopher ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Hydrocephalus; Transesophageal; Ventriculoatrial shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745560169     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.1.153     Document Type: Article

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