Volume 67 Number 4 September 2000	back to contents

Lumboperitoneal Shunts	272-273
Haq Babur, M.D., Quirico Torres, M.D., and Martin H. Savitz, M.D.
Send correspondence to Haq Babur, M.D., Division of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico, 107 West Manana, Clovis NM 88101.

ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: To assess lumboperitoneal shunting as a simple method of relieving communicating hydrocephalus, treating pseudotumor cerebri, and resolving cerebrospinal fluid fistulae.

METHOD: Three neurosurgeons at different hospitals report their combined experience over a 20-year period.

RESULTS: Ease of insertion of the device and low rate of complications were reported in a combined series of 107 patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Lumboperitoneal shunting is a technically simple and highly effective surgical technique for diversion of cerebrospinal fluid.

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