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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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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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Ventriculo caval shunt: a salvage alternative

Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery
Hydrocephalus management is particularly challenging in patients with contraindications to conventional cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion pathways. We report the case of a 37-year-old woman with obstructive hydrocephalus and a complex surgical history,
Santiago Diaz Pinillos, Enrique Monsalve Vargas, Juan Carlos Menendez, Mauricio Toscano Heredia, Jorge Azuero, Alejandro Cañas   +5 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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A Dual‐Channel Synergistic Ultrasensitive Biosensor for Tumor Liquid Biopsy

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Liquid biopsy technology, which detects circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in cerebrospinal fluid, plays a crucial role in the early diagnosis and precision treatment of gliomas. However, the intrinsically low abundance and rapid clearance of ctDNA pose substantial challenges for conventional analytical techniques, such as droplet digital PCR and ...
Yu Sun, Jing Zhang, Chenqing Liu, Jing Lou, Sihui Wang, Xiangtian Ji, Xiaofang Zhao, Shirui Xu, Jingyu Feng, Bin Liu, Chao Chang, Qinggang Ge, Jun Yang   +12 more
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The role of cerebrospinal fluid shunting in tuberculous meningitis

, 1982
Twenty-three patients with severe tuberculous meningitis who underwent cerebrospinal fluid shunting within the first month of illness were reviewed nine months later.
Van Dellen, J.R, Bullock, M.R.R
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Pleural Effusion Associated with Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: Case Report

Sakarya Tıp Dergisi
Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts are widely utilized surgical interventions in the treatment of hydrocephalus. These shunts are designed to divert excess cerebrospinal fluid from the brain ventricles to the peritoneal cavity, thereby improving patients ...
Nagihan Çolak, Nurhan Atilla, Hatice Şahin   +2 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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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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