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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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Uvebrant, P., Sixt, R., Bjure, J. et al. Evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid shunt function in hydrocephalic children using 99mTc-DTPA. Child's Nerv Syst 8, 76–80 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00298444
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00298444