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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, J Sifuentes, Ferreira JP   +2 more
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Endovascular stent implantation as a primary method of treatment for blocked modified Blalock‒Taussig shunt

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, Neeraj Aggarwal, Mridul Agarwal, Reena Khantwal Joshi, Raja Joshi, B S Vivek   +5 more
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Management and Complications of Arnold Chiari Hydrocephalus at Tertiary Health Care Center

The International Journal of Frontier Sciences, 2020
Objective: to investigate the role of CT and MRI in diagnosis of Arnold chiari malformation of hydrocephalus and its treatment with VP shunt along with complications.
Malik Liaqat Ali Jalal, Muhammad Shaukat Farooq, Atta-ur-Rehman Khan, Muhammad Yousaf, Muhammad Rizwan, Saima Faiz   +5 more
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Shunt Infection

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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Prospective Study Comparing Outcome following Complete Polypropylene Suture Ligation versus Partial Thin Film Band Attenuation of Congenital Portosystemic Shunts in Dogs

Veterinary Sciences, 2023
The main objective was to conduct a prospective study reporting the outcome for dogs with an extrahepatic congenital portosystemic shunt (CPSS) treated with a ‘complete ligation where possible’ philosophy.
Victoria Lipscomb, Chloe Cassie, Ben Ritchie, Stephen Greenhalgh, Mickey Tivers   +4 more
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Unusual extrusion of distal end of ventriculoperitoneal shunt: Case series with literature review

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2021
Background: Ventriculoperitoneal shunting is most common treatment for hydrocephalus. Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt has been associated with complications from cerebral ventricles to peritoneal cavity [1].
Virendra Deo Sinha, Sandeep Bhardwaj, Devendra Purohit, Sanjeev Chopra   +3 more
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A Prospective Study and Analysis of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Surgery: Their Indication and Complication in a Single Tertiary Care Center

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, Sambuddha Dhar, Anurag Sahu, Sumita Kumari, Kulwant Singh, Kamalpreet Kaur Bhaikhel, Shrish Nalin, Ashvamedh Singh, Rahul Singh   +8 more
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Positional cyanosis reveals platypnea-orthodeoxia-syndrome

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2019
Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome is a rare cause of dyspnea, which presents upon standing and resolves when supine. Etiology is multifactorial with a functional component and an anatomical shunt. The most commonly reported shunt is an atrial septal defect,
Colin M. Kenny, Caroline E. Murphy, Lindsay Clough, Deptmer Ashley   +3 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, Romdhane Hayfa, Rania Hefaiedh, Lobna Marsaoui, Najet Bel Hadj, Tahar Khalfallah   +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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