La utilidad de la derivación ventriculo-subgaleal - Una nota terapéutica

Abstract

A literature review following the heading “Ventriculosubgaleal shunt” for the last ten years, revealed that currently the Ventriculosubgaleal shunt (VSGS) is been mainly employed for the treatment of posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus of the premature6,8,13,16. While his use in that context has shown encouraging results, VSGS has significant advantages in the treatment of quite a few other conditions, for which it does not seem is currently been utilized. This therapeutic note has been written in an attempt to call the attention of the neurosurgical community to this situation and to spark the interest of our colleagues in this technique.