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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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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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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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Digital Cognitive Phenotyping for Differential Diagnosis and Monitoring in Neurological Conditions

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To assess the utility, accessibility, and equivalence to supervised scales of online cognitive assessment in older individuals with cognitive impairment. Methods Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD, n = 31), idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH, n = 26), and traumatic brain injury (TBI, n = 23) completed online cognitive ...
Martina Del Giovane, Valentina Giunchiglia, Michael C. B. David, Magdalena A. Kolanko, William R. Trender, Peter J. Hellyer, Harmeena Kaur, David J. Sharp, Christopher Carswell, Paresh A. Malhotra, Adam Hampshire   +10 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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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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Temporal Interference Stimulation of Centromedian‐Parafascicular Complex in Disorders of Consciousness: A Pilot Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Treatment of disorders of consciousness (DoC) remains a major clinical challenge, and noninvasive, targeted modulation of deep brain structures has emerged as a promising therapeutic strategy. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility/safety and preliminary effects of thalamic temporal interference stimulation (TIS) targeting centromedian‐
Gengyao Hu, Changgeng Song, Dianwei Wu, Xiaoqian Niu, Jianmin Hao, Lijuan Liu, Xiaogang Kang, Wen Jiang   +7 more
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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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