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Lumbo-omental shunt for drainage of cerebrospinal fluid-an experimental study in dogs

I. The transport of cerebrospinal fluid from the lumbar subarachnoid space, studied by169Yb-DTPA and a gamma camera

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Studies using an experimental cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunting procedure are presented. By transposing a pedicle graft of the greater omentum to the lumbar subarachnoid space, the CSF absorption capacity of the omentum can be utilized.

Monitoring the absorption of intrathecally administration of169Yb-DTPA by gamma camera sequential pictures 1 to 17 months after the shunt procedure, a rapid transport of radionuclide from the lumbo-omental shunt to the systemic venous blood was demonstrated.

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    Present address: Department of Neurosurgery, Karolinska Sjukhuset, Stockholm

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Karolinska Sjukhuset, Stockholm

    P. -E. Åsard

  2. Department of Medical Physics, Danderyds Sjukhus, Stockholm

    B. Levander & P. -E. Åsard

  3. Division of Experimental Defence Medicine, Research Institute of National Defence, Sweden

    B. Levander & P. -E. Åsard

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Levander, B., Åsard, P.E. Lumbo-omental shunt for drainage of cerebrospinal fluid-an experimental study in dogs. Acta neurochir 43, 1–11 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01809222

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