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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 ...
Brian W, Hanak, Robert H, Bonow, Carolyn A, Harris, Samuel R, Browd   +3 more
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Parents' experiences of living with a child with hydrocephalus: a cross-sectional interview-based study [PDF]

, 2015
Background Shunts, the main treatment for hydrocephalus, are problematic because they frequently malfunction. Detecting shunt malfunction is challenging because symptoms are similar to those of common childhood illnesses, particularly viral infections ...
Bekker, H, Joanna Smith, Hilary Bekker, Smith, Joanna, Bekker, Hilary, Smith, J, Cheater, F, Cheater, Francine, Francine Cheater   +8 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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Peptide fingerprinting of Alzheimer's disease in cerebrospinal fluid: identification and prospective evaluation of new synaptic biomarkers [PDF]

, 2011
<p><b>Background:</b> Today, dementias are diagnosed late in the course of disease. Future treatments have to start earlier in the disease process to avoid disability requiring new diagnostic tools.
Jahn Holger, Thomas J Raedler, William Mullen, Kellmann Markus, Arlt Sönke, Eichenlaub, M., Zürbig Petra, Kellmann, M., Jahn, H., Wittke Stefan, Mischak Harald, Stefan Wittke, Mischak, H., Petra Zürbig, Thomas J. Raedler, Z, P., Mullen, W., Wittke, S., Holger Jahn, Mullen William, Wiedemann Klaus, Harald Mischak, Markus Kellmann, Klaus Wiedemann, Martin Eichenlaub, Raedler Thomas J., Sönke Arlt, Eichenlaub Martin   +27 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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Metabolite profiling of Alzheimer's disease cerebrospinal fluid [PDF]

, 2012
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive loss of cognitive functions. Today the diagnosis of AD relies on clinical evaluations and is only late in the disease.
Schmitz, Oliver, Czech, Christian, Senn Hans, Hampel Harald, Kristina Busch, Oliver Schmitz, Veronique Most (183225), Wiemer Jan, Wiemer, Jan, Jan Wiemer, Hans Senn, Jürgen Kastler, Peter Berndt, Harald Hampel, Schmitz Oliver, Jürgen Kastler (183232), Kastler, Jürgen, Christian Czech, Peter Berndt (183205), Busch, Kristina, Kristina Busch (183211), Jan Wiemer (183220), Veronique Most, Hans Senn (183234), Hampel, Harald, Oliver Schmitz (183214), Berndt, Peter, Berndt Peter, Most, Veronique, Harald Hampel (183230), Czech Christian, Most Veronique, Christian Czech (183197), Senn, Hans, Busch Kristina, Kastler Jürgen   +35 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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