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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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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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A Closer Look at the Global Management of Spina Bifida: The Implementation of Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy in the Treatment of Spina Bifida-Related Hydrocephalus in Africa [PDF]

, 2018
Spina bifida, specifically myelomeningocele, is a debilitating neural tube defect that affects patients and families throughout the world. Traditional management and treatment methods are described, followed by an explanation of why this is often ...
Burckart, Caryssa
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Theoretical versus pragmatic design in qualitative research [PDF]

, 2011
For many years, discussions of the relative merits of generic and theoretical approaches to qualitative research have divided researchers while overshadowing the need to focus on addressing clinical questions.
Bekker, H, Cheater, F, Smith, J
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Characterization of Clinical Phenotype to Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Concentrations in Alexander Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To determine the concentration of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma in Alexander disease (AxD) and whether GFAP levels are predictive of disease phenotypes. Methods CSF and plasma were collected (longitudinally when available) from AxD participants and non‐AxD controls.
Amy T. Waldman, Asako Takanohashi, Joshua Y. Joung, Geraldine W. Liu, Kaley Arnold, Amy Pizzino, Walter Faig, Sarah Woidill, Sona Narula, Adeline L. Vanderver   +9 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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Distal subgaleal-peritoneal shunt migration into the abdominal wall with subsequent formation of a pre-peritoneal pseudocyst: a rare complication. [PDF]

, 2010
Distal ventriculo-peritoneal shunt migration and extra-peritoneal CSF pseudocyst formation are unusual complications of shunt placement. We present a 65-year-old-female who received a subgaleal-peritoneal shunt to decompress a post-surgical subgaleal ...
Carmel, Peter W, Mammis, Antonios, Singh, Rahul, Thaker, Nikhil G, Yanni, Daniel S   +4 more
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Clinical Validation of Plasma p‐217tau in Neurological Diseases

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Plasma p‐217tau is a minimally invasive but specific biomarker for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, its disease specificity remains to be clinically evaluated. We validated the reliability of the p‐217tau biomarker in 12 other neurological diseases.
Takeshi Kawarabayashi, Takumi Nakamura, Ryoma Takahashi, Tetsuya Ueda, Seiji Kinoshita, Chikage Uchida, Takashi Sugawara, Kentaro Hashimoto, Kunihiko Ishizawa, Masakuni Amari, Hiroo Kasahara, Yoshio Ikeda, Masamitsu Takatama, Mikio Shoji   +13 more
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