Torkildsen shunt (operation)

Torkildsen shunt (operation)
Tor·kild·sen shunt (operation) (torґkild-sen) [Arne Torkildsen, Norwegian neurosurgeon, 1899–1968] ventriculocisternal shunt.

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  • Shunt — 1) To move a body fluid, such as cerebrospinal fluid, from one place to another. 2) A catheter (tube) that carries cerebrospinal fluid from a ventricle in the brain to another area of the body. A shunt may be placed to relieve pressure from… …   Medical dictionary

  • Torkildsen procedure — an operation in which a shunt is created between the lateral ventricle of the brain and the cisterna magna to bypass a block of the cerebral aqueduct and thus relieve hydrocephalus. Originally this was achieved by means of an external indwelling… …   Medical dictionary

  • Torkildsen procedure — an operation in which a shunt is created between the lateral ventricle of the brain and the cisterna magna to bypass a block of the cerebral aqueduct and thus relieve hydrocephalus. Originally this was achieved by means of an external indwelling… …   The new mediacal dictionary

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  • ventriculocisternal shunt — a formerly common procedure in which a communication was surgically established between a lateral ventricle and the cisterna magna for drainage of cerebrospinal fluid in hydrocephalus. Called also Torkildsen s. or operation and… …   Medical dictionary

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