Redo S F, Ciccarelli A, Ghajar J, Dinner M
Department of Surgery, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York 10021.
J Pediatr Surg. 1992 May;27(5):642-4. doi: 10.1016/0022-3468(92)90467-l.
Long-term ventricular cerebrospinal fluid shunting can prove difficult in the neonatal population, particularly in those neonates who have had previous abdominal and vascular procedures. This article presents a technique of providing vascular access for ventriculoatrial shunting via the azygos vein for patients with limited vascular access and in whom ventriculoperitoneal shunting is not feasible.