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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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Coccidioidal Meningitis With Hyphal Forms Detected in Cerebrospinal Fluid in a Patient With Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: A Case Report

Journal of Central Nervous System Disease, 2021
Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection caused by Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii . The most severe disseminated coccidioidomycosis results in meningoencephalitis.
Jeremy Shi BS, MPH, Myra Wong MD, Ya Xu MD, PhD   +2 more
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Predictors of death in pediatric patients requiring cerebrospinal fluid shunts.

Journal of Neurosurgery, 2004
OBJECT Despite improved therapeutic strategies and better diagnostic techniques in the management of pediatric hydrocephalus there continues to be a significant mortality rate associated with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunts.
S. Tuli, J. Tuli, J. Drake, J. Spears
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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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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 incidence of VP shunt infection in a middle-income nation: a retrospective analysis of a pediatric population

Frontiers in Surgery, 2023
ObjectiveTo investigate the incidence of infection after ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) insertion at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC), Jamaica, West Indies.MethodOf the 178 patients managed by the Neurosurgery team at BHC, who underwent ...
Dwayne Campbell, Shane Sinclair, Dwaine Cooke, Dwight Webster, Marvin Reid   +4 more
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Observations regarding failure of cerebrospinal fluid shunts early after implantation.

Neurosurgical Focus, 2007
Despite advances in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversionary techniques, shunt failure due to infection or malfunction remains a persistent problem in hydrocephalus care.
S. Ferguson, N. Michael, D. Frim
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Protective effect of rifampicin and clindamycin impregnated devices against Staphylococcus spp. infection after cerebrospinal fluid diversion procedures

BMC Neurology, 2010
Background Infection is a major complication of cerebrospinal fluid shunting procedures. The present report assesses the efficacy of such catheters in both shunts and external ventricular drains (EVDs) against infection and particularly against ...
del Prado Náyade, Fernández-Pérez Cristina, Boto Gregorio R, Gutiérrez-González Raquel   +3 more
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Endonasal endoscopic repair of spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea in the lateral recess of sphenoid sinus

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery
Objective To investigate the clinical features, diagnosis and surgical treatment of spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea (CSFR) in the lateral recess of sphenoid sinus. Methods and Results A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data
DONG Hao, LI Yong, LIU Hao⁃cheng, XU Yong, SONG Gui⁃dong, KANG Jun   +5 more
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