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Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and NeurosurgeryObjective 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 +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 +5 more
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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 +4 more
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Overdrainage of cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus shunts [PDF]
Acta Neurochirurgica, 2017 Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) in adults is an only known form of reversible dementia. Remedy is quite simple: insertion of a hydrocephalus shunt (or third ventriculostomy, however less common in NPH).
Czosnyka, M, Czosnyka, ZH
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Paediatric development of radiopharmaceutical imaging agents and radioligand therapeutics
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Abstract This review focuses on the development of radiopharmaceutical imaging agents and radioligand therapeutics for paediatric use. Nuclear medicine plays an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of various childhood conditions, including cancers, infections and brain disorders.
Justin L. Hay +5 more
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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 +3 more
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Why human color vision cannot reliably detect cerebrospinal fluid xanthochromia [PDF]
, 2005 Background - Visual assessment of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for xanthochromia ( yellow color) is practiced by the majority of laboratories worldwide as a means of diagnosing intracranical bleeds.Methods - Colorimetric and spectrophotometric analysis of ...
Sharpe, TL, Keir, G, Petzold, A
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CSF lactate dehydrogenase activity in patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease exceeds that in other dementias [PDF]
, 2004 The diagnosis of Creutzfeldt- Jakob disease (CJD) is still made by exclusion of other dementias. We now evaluated lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) as a possible additional diagnostic tool. CSF LDH levels of patients with CJD (
Cepek, L. +9 more
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, 2022 Repository for original code used in research article "SPECT/CT imaging reveals CNS-wide modulation of glymphatic cerebrospinal fluid flow by systemic hypertonic saline"
Marko Rosenholm (13814824)
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Chiari I Malformation: Review and Update of Current Treatment Options
Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The pathophysiology of Chiari malformation type I (CM‐I) is complex, involving structural abnormalities at the craniovertebral junction that result in herniation of the cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum. In this study, we aim to present and evaluate current treatment options for CM‐I, with a focus on evidence‐based clinical ...
Jordan J. Lo +11 more
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