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. 1992 Mar;8(2):76-80.
doi: 10.1007/BF00298444.

Evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid shunt function in hydrocephalic children using 99mTc-DTPA

P Uvebrant  1 , R Sixt, J Bjure, A Roos
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Evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid shunt function in hydrocephalic children using 99mTc-DTPA

P Uvebrant et al. Childs Nerv Syst. 1992 Mar.

Abstract

The increasing numbers and survival of children with shunt-treated hydrocephalus make it mandatory to refine the methods for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt function evaluation. Radionuclide shuntography with 99mTc-DTPA, which has proved to be a safe and effective method, was performed in eight children with suspected CSF-shunt dysfunction. Characteristic shuntography patterns were found for proximal and distal CSF-shunt catheter obstruction as well as for overdrainage and normal CSF-shunt function. Shuntography contributed to the explanation of suspected CSF-shunt dysfunction in all children investigated.

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