Torkildsen operation
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Torkildsen shunt (operation) — Tor·kild·sen shunt (operation) (torґkild sen) [Arne Torkildsen, Norwegian neurosurgeon, 1899–1968] ventriculocisternal shunt … 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
Arne Torkildsen — (1899 1968) was a Norwegian neurosurgeon. He described the surgical technique of ventriculocisternostomy (a predecessor of today s endoscopic third ventriculostomy), which is also called Torkildsen s operation .External links*… … Wikipedia
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