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Thermosensitive Determination of Patency in Lumboperitoneal Shunts: Technical note

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Annual Review of Hydrocephalus

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A technique for thermosensitive determination of ventriculoperitoneal shunt patency was applied here to evaluate lumboperitoneal (LP) shunts patency. The technical detail was reported previously (J Neurosurg 52: 700–704, 1980).

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Kanagawa Prefectural Ashigarakami Hospital, Kanagawa Rehabilitation Center, and Yokohama City University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan

    Yusuke Ishiwata, Yasuhiro Chiba, Toshinori Yamashita, Gakuji Gondo, Kaoru Ide & Takeo Kuwabara

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  1. School of Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

    Satoshi Matsumoto M.D. , Norihiko Tamaki M.D.  & Shizuo Oi M.D. ,  & 

  2. School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan

    Kiyoshi Sato M.D.

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Ishiwata, Y., Chiba, Y., Yamashita, T., Gondo, G., Ide, K., Kuwabara, T. (1991). Thermosensitive Determination of Patency in Lumboperitoneal Shunts: Technical note. In: Matsumoto, S., Sato, K., Tamaki, N., Oi, S. (eds) Annual Review of Hydrocephalus. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-11158-1_39

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