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Parents' experiences of living with a child with hydrocephalus: a cross-sectional interview-based study [PDF]

, 2015
Background Shunts, the main treatment for hydrocephalus, are problematic because they frequently malfunction. Detecting shunt malfunction is challenging because symptoms are similar to those of common childhood illnesses, particularly viral infections ...
Bekker, H, Joanna Smith, Hilary Bekker, Smith, Joanna, Bekker, Hilary, Smith, J, Cheater, F, Cheater, Francine, Francine Cheater   +8 more
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Outcome of Lumbar Drain in Delayed Communicating Hydrocephalus Secondary to Traumatic and Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Nepal Journal of Neuroscience, 2020
Introduction: Delayed hydrocephalus is one of the common complications in traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage and post aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. This study aims to study the role of lumbar drain in its management.
Yam Bahadur Roka
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Hydrocephalus in encephalocele.

European review for medical and pharmacological sciences, 2022
Encephalocele is a rare congenital neural tube defect (NTD) characterized by herniation of intracranial contents through a defect in the skull. In our study, encephalocele was diagnosed in our clinic and its association with hydrocephalus was evaluated.
Akyol, M. E., celegen, I., Basar, I., Arabaci, O.   +3 more
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A CASE OF HYDROCEPHALUS [PDF]

BMJ, 1919
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Hydrocephalus in children. Epidemiology and outcome [PDF]

, 2007
Aims: To analyse trends in the live-birth prevalence of infantile hydrocephalus and hydrocephalus associated with myelomeningocele (MMC) during the period 1989-2002 and to study the outcome in terms of learning disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy and ...
Persson, Eva-Karin, Lindquist, Barbro
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Complex hydrocephalus (combination of communicating and obstructive type): an important cause of failed endoscopic third ventriculostomy

BMC Research Notes, 2009
Background Hydrocephalus can be classified as purely obstructive, purely communicating or due to combinations of pathologies (obstruction in addition to defective absorption).
Parihar Vijay, Mukerji Gaurav, Yadav Yad, Sinha Mallika, Pandey Sanjay   +4 more
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Molecular Mechanisms and Risk Factors for the Pathogenesis of Hydrocephalus

Frontiers in Genetics, 2022
Hydrocephalus is a neurological condition due to the aberrant circulation and/or obstruction of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow with consequent enlargement of cerebral ventricular cavities.
Jingwen Li, Xinjie Zhang, Jian Guo, Chen Yu, Jun Yang   +4 more
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Hereditary hydrocephalus internus in a laboratory strain of golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)

Animal, 2008
Golden hamsters of one common laboratory strain had a high incidence of hydrocephalus internus. When a severity score of hydrocephalus was used, a major autosomal recessive locus could be identified.
S.G. Gebhardt-Henrich, J.F. Edwards, T.R. Famula, H.-P. Lipp, A. Steiger   +4 more
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Nonsurgical treatment of obstructive hydrocephalus by face-down positioning: Report of four cases

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2020
Background: Transient obstructive hydrocephalus is a rare condition. Previous case reports have described spontaneous resolution of obstructive hydrocephalus, although the entire mechanism has not yet been clarified.
Takeshi Ogura, Kazuma Kowata, Mayu Nakajima, Hiroaki Neki, Shigehiro Oomori   +4 more
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Sensitivity of physiotherapy-based clinical tests in detecting change in gait and balance performance following a 50 mL CSF tap test in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
Background Cerebrospinal fluid tap test (CSF TT) is a key predictive method commonly used to identify candidates for shunt surgery in idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (iNPH), however, the sensitivity of this procedure is limited.
Kardelen Akar, Lena Kollén, Mats Tullberg, Hanna C. Persson   +3 more
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