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Ventricule-shunt abdominal complications

Revista de Medicina da UFC, 2017
The ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) is a solution to relieving symptoms of excess cerebral-ventricle cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); draining this extra fluid to the peritoneum. Other forms of shunts exist though less used in relation to VPS; whose choice is
Jose Albuquerque Landim Júnior, Valcler Antonio Cabral Rodrigues, Willy Okoba, Elson Arruda Linhares, Jose Ricardo Cunha Neves, Artur Guimarães Filho   +5 more
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Pleural cerebrospinal fluid shunting causing trapped lung: A respiratory physician's approach to management and prevention

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2018
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunting into the pleural space can cause complications such as long-standing pleural effusions and trapped lung. These complications can be difficult to manage due to the propensity of effusions to recur, and the irreversible ...
Alexander Dalphy, Andrew Burkett
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Worsening respiratory failure in an adult hydrocephalic patient with a ventriculo‐pleural shunt

Respirology Case Reports, 2020
Ventriculo‐pleural (VPL) shunt insertion is performed in hydrocephalic patients when alternative sites of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion are contraindicated.
Edmond Wong, Vishnu Jeganathan, Samuel Wreghitt, Gavin Davis, Hari Wimaleswaran, Mark E Howard   +5 more
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Fluid Distribution Pattern in Adult-Onset Congenital, Idiopathic, and Secondary Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus: Implications for Clinical Care

Frontiers in Neurology, 2017
ObjectiveIn spite of growing evidence of idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), a viewpoint about clinical care for idiopathic NPH is still controversial.
Shigeki Yamada, Masatsune Ishikawa, Kazuo Yamamoto   +2 more
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A corny cause of cerebrospinal fluid ascites: A case report and review of literature

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2016
Objective: To report a rare cause of cerebrospinal fluid ascites. Methods: A 37-year-old female with history of intracranial hypertension and a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt was referred to liver clinic for evaluation of newly developed ascites.
Hira Jamal, Gary Abrams
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Hemorrhagic abdominal pseudocyst following ventriculoperitoneal shunt: a case report

BMC Surgery, 2021
Background Abdominal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pseudocyst is an uncommon but important complication of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts. While individual articles have reported many cases of abdominal CSF pseudocyst following VP shunts, no case of a ...
Hong-Cai Wang, Yi-Lei Tong, Shi-Wei Li, Mao-Song Chen, Bo-Ding Wang, Hai Chen   +5 more
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Risk Factors for Malfunction of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts Performed by Medical Residents in Children: An Exploratory Study

Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2022
Introduction Ventriculoperitoneal shunts (VPSs) are common neurosurgical procedures, and in educational centers, they are often performed by residents.
Italo Cardoso Teixeira de Oliveira, Douglas Inomata Cardoso da Silva, Jamille Duran Matilde, Fábio Pires Botta, Juliana Fattori Hamamoto, Marla Andréia Garcia de Avila, Lígia Maria Suppo de Souza Rugolo, Marco Antônio Zanini, Pedro Tadao Hamamoto Filho   +8 more
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Hydrocephalus-history of surgical treatment over the centuries [PDF]

Sanamed, 2012
To trace the history of the treatment of hydrocephalus is to document the parallel development of medicine as a whole; when one reviews the treatment of hydrocephalus, the integral relationship between basic science and therapy is reaffirmed.
Milojević Aleksandar J., Radojčić Branka S., Meljnikov Igor Đ.   +2 more
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Lumboperitoneal shunt insertion without fluoroscopy guidance: Accuracy of placement in a series of 107 procedures [version 2; referees: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

F1000Research, 2017
Background: Lumboperitoneal (LP) shunts were the mainstay of cerebrospinal fluid diversion therapy for idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH).
Sabah Al-Rashed, Haider Kareem, Neeraj Kalra, Linda D'Antona, Mouness Obeidat, Bhavesh Patel, Ahmed Toma   +6 more
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Long-Term Neuropsychological Sequelae in HIV-Seronegative Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis Patients with and without Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts: A Cine MRI Study

Behavioural Neurology, 2015
Background. Hydrocephalus in cryptococcal meningoencephalitis is most commonly managed with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. This study applied cine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to evaluate initial disease severity on long-term cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
Meng-Hsiang Chen, Cheng-Hsien Lu, Hung-Chen Wang, Hsiu-Ling Chen, Nai-Wen Tsai, Shau-Hsuan Li, Nai-Wen Hsu, Wei-Ming Lin, Chia-Te Kung, Wei-Che Lin   +9 more
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