Lumbo-omental shunt for drainage of cerebrospinal fluid-an experimental study in dogs

Abstract
Studies using an experimental cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunting procedure are presented. By transposing a pedicle graft of the greater omentum to the lumbar subarachnoid space, the CSF absorption capacity of the omentum can be utilized. Monitoring the absorption of intrathecally administration of169Yb-DTPA by gamma camera sequential pictures 1 to 17 months after the shunt procedure, a rapid transport of radionuclide from the lumbo-omental shunt to the systemic venous blood was demonstrated.