METHOD FOR CONTROLLED LUMBOPERITONEAL SHUNTING Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC A61M27/00 A61B17/00 

FIELD: medicine, neurosurgery.

SUBSTANCE: one should perform puncture of subarachnoidal space at L₄-L₅ level of lumbar vertebrae at introducing lumbar end of drainage into subarachnoidal space of spinal cord and withdrawing its abdominal end into abdominal cavity due to microlaparotomy. Moreover, in anterior-superior spine of iliac wing one should form a through foramen to develop a hole from external side to place a valve pump there to be fixed to the bone. Lumbar end of drainage from internal side of iliac wing should be directed through a through foramen to be connected with a pump, and a pump-connected abdominal end of drainage should be placed into abdominal cavity. The innovation enables to decrease the quantity of post-operational complications due to providing regulated liquor reflux.

EFFECT: higher efficiency.

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