Management of the ventricular shunt in posterior deformities of the skull in craniosynostosis

P Sun; J H Shin; J A Persing

doi:10.1097/00001665-199701000-00013

Management of the ventricular shunt in posterior deformities of the skull in craniosynostosis

J Craniofac Surg. 1997 Jan;8(1):38-41; discussion 42. doi: 10.1097/00001665-199701000-00013.

Authors

P Sun¹, J H Shin, J A Persing

Affiliation

¹ Section of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.

PMID: 10332297
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-199701000-00013

Abstract

The existence of an occipitoparietal cerebrospinal fluid shunt complicates the attempt to remodel posterior skull deformities in craniosynostosis. A composite method to reposition the shunt hardware is described and discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Craniosynostoses / complications
Craniosynostoses / surgery*
Craniotomy / methods
Humans
Hydrocephalus / complications*
Hydrocephalus / surgery
Male
Occipital Bone / abnormalities
Occipital Bone / surgery
Skull / abnormalities
Skull / surgery
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt*