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Laboratory study on "intracranial hypotension" created by pumping the chamber of a hydrocephalus shunt. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: It has been reported that pumping a shunt in situ may precipitate a proximal occlusion, and/or lead to ventricular over-drainage, particularly in the context of small ventricles.
Allin, David, Bromby, Adam, Czosnyka, Marek, Czosnyka, Zofia, Pickard, John D, Richards, Hugh K   +5 more
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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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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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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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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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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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Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunting Complications in Children [PDF]

Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2017
Although cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt placement is the most common procedure performed by pediatric neurosurgeons, shunts remain among the most failure-prone life-sustaining medical devices implanted in modern medical practice. This article provides an overview of the mechanisms of CSF shunt failure for the 3 most commonly employed definitive CSF ...
Robert H. Bonow, Brian W. Hanak, Samuel R. Browd, Carolyn A. Harris   +3 more
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Management of neurosurgical implant-associated infections

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2020
With the technical developments in neurosurgery, increasing numbers of neurosurgical implants are used in an increasingly aged population of patients with several comorbidities. Consequently, the number of neurosurgical implant-associated infections is
Anna Conen, Andreas Raabe, Karl Schaller, Christoph A Fux, Peter Vajkoczy, Andrej Trampuz   +5 more
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The use of the ASET in the diagnosis of ventriculoatrial shunt infection: a case report [PDF]

, 2012
A 38yr-old male with a ventriculoatrial shunt presented with nonspecific symptoms (headache, back pain, night sweats) and inconclusive laboratory results. He showed an extremely high titre of antibody to Staphylococcus epidermidis which proved diagnostic
Bayston, Roger, Collins, Sally Ann, Reaper, Jacqueline   +2 more
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