Indian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2022 Background Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt insertion is routinely performed for the treatment of hydrocephalus due to different indications like congenital, infective, tumor, posttraumatic, and normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH).
Barnava Pal +8 more
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Shunt-Induced Hepatic Encephalopathy in TIPS: Current Approaches and Clinical Challenges
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020 Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is an established treatment tool in decompensated liver cirrhosis that has been shown to prolong transplant-free survival.
P. Schindler +3 more
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Revision and complication rates in adult shunt surgery: a single-institution study
Acta Neurochirurgica, 2020 CSF diversion with shunt placement is frequently associated with need for later revisions as well as surgical complications. We sought to review revision and complication rates following ventriculoperitoneal, ventriculoatrial and cystoperitoneal shunt ...
N. Mansoor +3 more
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Shunt quantification in congenital heart disease based on two-dimensional speckle tracking [PDF]
, 2012 In this work we investigated how high frame rate speckle tracking based on plane wave imaging could be used to improve the quantification of peak velocities in shunt flows due to septal defects.
Fadnes, Solveig +4 more
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Colectomy for porto-systemic encephalopathy: is it still topical?
Clinics and Practice, 2013 Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a common long term complication of porto-systemic shunt. We report herein the case of a 59-year-old man with Child-Pugh A cirrhosis treated successfully 9 years earlier with distal splenorenal shunt for uncontrolled ...
Rym Ennaifer +5 more
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SILICONE TUBE SHUNT IN SUPRACHOROIDAL SPACE IN RECALCITRANC GLAUCOMAS
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2003 Silicone tube shunt operations to drain the aqueous from the anterior chamber to the suprachoroidal space were performed in 12 different types of refractory glaucomas in which the intraocular pressure ranged from 25 mmHg to 80 mmHg (mean 45.75 mmHg) even
K JD Karki, A Momose
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Beyond transplant: Roles of atrial septostomy and Potts shunt in pediatric pulmonary hypertension
Pediatric Pulmonology, 2020 Despite significant successes in treating children with pulmonary hypertension, many still die from their disease. Death most often results from right ventricular failure.
R. M. Grady
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Interatrial shunt devices for heart failure with normal ejection fraction: a technology update [PDF]
, 2017 Heart failure with normal ejection fraction (HeFNEF) accounts for ~50% of heart failure admissions. Its pathophysiology and diagnostic criteria are yet to be defined clearly which may hinder the search for effective treatments.
Clark, Andrew L. +2 more
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Cryptococcal infection of the ventriculoperitoneal shunt in an immunocompetent patient [PDF]
, 2016 Patient: Male, 52 Final Diagnosis: Cryptococcal ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection Symptoms: Confusion • fever • Lethargy Medication: Amphotericin B • Flucytosine Clinical Procedure: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt removal Specialty: Infectious disease ...
Foong, Kap Sum +2 more
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Emergency Portacaval Shunts: Is Orloff Correct? [PDF]
, 1997 A prospective randomized trial was conducted in unselected, consecutive pateints with bleeding esophageal varices resulting from cirrhosis comparing (1) emergency portacaval shunt performed within 8 hr of initial contact (21 patients) with (2) emergency ...
Knechtle, Stuart J., Rikkers, Layton F.
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