Journal of Current Glaucoma Practice, 2017 To describe postoperative surgical success of either Ahmed or Baerveldt tube shunt implantation for eyes with medically uncontrolled traumatic glaucoma.A review was carried out to identify patients with traumatic glaucoma that required tube shunt implantation between 2009 and 2015 at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Seventeen eyes from 17
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Anesthetic management of children with medically refractory pulmonary hypertension undergoing surgical Potts shunt [PDF]
Pediatric Anesthesia, 2023 AbstractIntroductionPulmonary hypertension in children is associated with high rates of adverse events under anesthesia. In children who have failed medical therapy, a posttricuspid shunt such as a Potts shunt can offload the right ventricle and possibly delay or replace the need for lung transplantation.
Teresa M. Murray-Torres +2 more
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CSF inflammatory markers differ in gram-positive versus gram-negative shunt infections
Journal of Neuroinflammation, 2019 Background Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt placement is frequently complicated by bacterial infection. Shunt infection diagnosis relies on bacterial culture of CSF which can often produce false-negative results.
Gwenn L. Skar +3 more
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Neurocritical Care, 2020 Current guidelines do not support the routine use of corticosteroids in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). However, corticosteroids use in aSAH has been practiced at some centers by convention. The aim of the study was to determine the incidence of hydrocephalus requiring ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) placement as well as ...
Małgorzata Miller +9 more
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Transcatheter Interatrial Shunt Device for the Treatment of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (REDUCE LAP-HF I [Reduce Elevated Left Atrial Pressure in Patients With Heart Failure]): A Phase 2, Randomized, Sham-Controlled Trial. [PDF]
Circulation, 2017 Background -In non-randomized, open-label studies, a transcatheter interatrial shunt device (IASD, Corvia Medical) was associated with lower pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP), less symptoms, and greater quality of life and exercise capacity in ...
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Prospective randomized trial of emergency portacaval shunt and emergency medical therapy in unselected cirrhotic patients with bleeding varices [PDF]
Hepatology, 1994 Marshall J. Orloff +4 more
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Medical image of the week: VA shunt remnant fibrosing into right atrium [PDF]
Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 2017 Rebecca L. Young +2 more
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Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, 2022 Modified Blalock‒Taussig shunt is a commonly performed palliative cardiac surgery. Complications like early or late occlusion have been reported in approximately 10% of patients. Thrombosis, stenosis, or kinking are possible mechanisms that lead to shunt
Praneet Lale +5 more
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Archives of Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2021 The improvement in the management of hydrocephalus comes from the following: early diagnosis, radiological investigation, better knowledge of mechanisms, quality of material, surgical technique of implantation, less shunt complications (e.g.infections ...
Maurice Choux
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Long-term outcomes of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Surgery in Patients with Hydrocephalus
Pakistan BioMedical Journal, 2022 For the treatment of hydrocephalus, VP shunt surgery is considered the most appropriate method of treatment, but this treatment has a number of complications, it needs to be replaced after the failure of the previous shunt.
N. Haq, Ina B. Shah, Musa Khan
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