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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.
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References
- Garton HJ (2004). "Cerebrospinal fluid diversion procedures". J Neuroophthalmol. 24 (2): 146–55. doi:10.1097/00041327-200406000-00010. PMID 15179069.
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