Cerebrospinal fluid diversion

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Cerebrospinal fluid diversion is a procedure that is used to drain fluid from the brain and spinal cord. A shunt is placed in a ventricle of the brain and threaded under the skin to another part of the body, usually the abdomen. It is used to treat hydrocephalus and idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

[edit] References

• Garton HJ (2004). "Cerebrospinal fluid diversion procedures". J Neuroophthalmol 24 (2): 146–55. PMID 15179069.