Endovascular Intervention for Repositioning the Distal Catheter of Ventriculo-Atrial Shunt

Displacement of distal ventriculo-atrial (VA) shunt is not uncommon. However, misplacement of the distal catheter of VA shunt in the internal jugular vein is a possibility, especially when conducted without intraoperative monitoring. We describe a patient in whom a VA shunt was performed due to fail...

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Main Authors: Botao Xu, Silky Chotai, Kaijun Yang, Wenfeng Feng, Guozhong Zhang, Mingzhou Li, Songtao Qi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Interventional Neuroradiology 2012-09-01
Series:Neurointervention
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Online Access:http://neurointervention.org/upload/pdf/ni-7-109.pdf