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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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Ultrasound guided placement of the distal catheter in paediatric ventriculoatrial shunts—an appraisal of efficacy and complications [PDF]

, 2016
Ventriculoatrial (VA) shunts are commonly used as a second-line treatment of hydrocephalus when the peritoneum is an unsuitable site for the distal catheter.
Chakraborty, A, Clark, DJ, Roebuck, DJ, Thompson, DNP   +3 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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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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Neocortical tissue recovery in severe congenital obstructive hydrocephalus after intraventricular administration of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells [PDF]

, 2020
BACKGROUND: In obstructive congenital hydrocephalus, cerebrospinal fluid accumulation is associated with high intracranial pressure and the presence of periventricular edema, ischemia/hypoxia, damage of the white matter, and glial reactions in the ...
Cifuentes, Manuel, Claros, Silvia, García-Bonilla, María, García-Martín, María L., Gutiérrez, Antonia, Jiménez, Antonio J., Jiménez, Sebastián, Muñoz-Hernández, M Carmen, Ojeda-Pérez, Betsaida, Páez-González, Patricia, Santos-Ruíz, Leonor, Shumilov, Kirill, Vitorica, Javier   +12 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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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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