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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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A review of the current treatment methods for posthaemorrhagic hydrocephalus of infants [PDF]

, 2009
Posthaemorrhagic hydrocephalus (PHH) is a major problem for premature infants, generally requiring lifelong care. It results from small blood clots inducing scarring within CSF channels impeding CSF circulation.
David Shooman, Howard Portess, Owen Sparrow, BP Murphy, RD Sheth, JJ Volpe, A Dobrzańska, EK Persson, BC Cramer, JC Larroche, S Cherian, LS Beck, RA Ignotz, CS Robertson, J Massague, A Whitelaw, A Heep, AM Kaiser, K Savman, K Savman, BR Boynton, S Tuli, HJ Pikus, I Adams-Chapman, PM Vespa, HS Ghazi-Birry, P Ballabh, AR Synnes, D Pontello, N Koksal, JS Soul, FG Blankenberg, LL Barr, LA Papile, PL Hope, E Paraicz, P Pulido-Rivas, P Gurtner, EC Benzel, A Reinprecht, M Vinchon, V Rohde, R Eymann, C Sainte-Rose, MS Mallick, NN Finer, AW Gavilanes, MH Libenson, FA Tansey, R Luciano, H Yapicioglu, A Whitelaw, AR Hansen, MI Levene, PD Wimberley, J Goddard-Finegold, PA Steen, LR Ment, V Ruth, M Anwar, SM Donn, KC Kuban, E Cornips, MI Levene, WJ Maertzdorf, LS de Vries, HJ Garton, FD Dykes, M Anwar, JF Mantovani, A Berger, TT Rhodes, M Weninger, BK Willis, K Tenbrock, P MacMahon, A Heep, RJ Hudgins, SJ Gaskill, E Richard, AJ Brouwer, P Peretta, PA Crowley, J Liu, AK Pringle, C Dani, LR Ment, LR Ment, Y Enchev   +88 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-Standing Shunts and Recurrent Cerebrospinal Fluid Pseudocyst Causing Small Bowel Obstruction in an Adult

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
We report a rare case of a recurrent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pseudocyst causing small bowel obstruction in an adult with a long-standing ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt for congenital hydrocephalus.
Laci Turner, Claire Estep, Gabby Westenberger, Hinal Rathi, Nessy Abraham-Philip   +4 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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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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Flow Analysis of Cerebrospinal Fluid inside Catheters used for Hydrocephalus Patients According to Brain MRI Image by Means of CFD [PDF]

Chemical Process Design
(1) The treatment of hydrocephalus is the use of cerebrospinal shunts. These shunts are made up of different parts. One of the most important parts of these shunts is their catheter, which is placed inside the ventricle of the brain in order to drain ...
Saeed Moghadam Deymeh
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Do antibiotic-impregnated shunts in hydrocephalus therapy reduce the risk of infection? An observational study in 258 patients [PDF]

, 2007
Background Shunt infection in hydrocephalus patients is a severe, even life-threatening complication. Antibiotic-impregnated shunts (AIS) have been developed in an attempt to reduce rate of shunt infection.
Rainer Ritz, Florian Roser, Matthias Morgalla, Klaus Dietz, Marcos Tatagiba, Bernd E Will, DB Shurtleff, HE Aryan, MR Quigley, Y Ersahin, BM Borgbjerg, WJ Faillace, J Zentner, M Mancao, PM Kanev, SE Davis, MS Choksey, JR Kestle, M Choux, EM Brown, P Forgracs, KR Forward, J Filka, R Bayston, AG Gristina, JA Guevara, M Ammirati, W Serlo, IK Pople, AV Kulkarni, R Bayston, S Shapiro, KW Wang, R George, SJ Schiff, R Bayston, A Pattavilakom, DM Sciubba, ST Govender   +38 more
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