- Torkildsen shunt (operation)
- Tor·kild·sen shunt (operation) (torґkild-sen) [Arne Torkildsen, Norwegian neurosurgeon, 1899–1968] ventriculocisternal shunt.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Torkildsen shunt (operation)
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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
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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
