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Transcatheter closure of a residual shunt with posteroinferior deficient rim after surgical closure of an ASD: a case report

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2020
Background There are few reports in the literature of device closure of residual shunts following initial surgical closure of an atrial septal defect (ASD). This case study reports one such case.
Xicheng Deng, Taoyue Yao, Yefeng Wang, Guangxian Yang, Wenjuan Chen, Peng Huang, Zhi Chen   +6 more
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Anesthetic considerations for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in a child with Glenn shunt for thoracic duct ligation and pleurodesis

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2018
Glenn shunt is an anastomosis between superior vena cava and right pulmonary artery to palliate patients with single ventricle physiology of the heart. Chylothorax is a frequent and troublesome complication after the creation of this shunt, which if not ...
Bhavna Kakkar, Munisha Agarwal, Aakanksha Sehgal, Neelam Prasad Govil   +3 more
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Appendicitis and Peritonitis in Children with a Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt

Children, 2023
The purpose of this study was to outline the management of patients with appendicitis and ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) in the largest pediatric surgery department in Germany. Patients with VPS presenting with an acute abdomen between 2012 and 2022 at
Glenn M. C. Fröschle, Johanna Hagens, Philip Mannweiler, Friederike Sophie Groth, Gertrud Kammler, Konrad Reinshagen, Christian Tomuschat   +6 more
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Is the adjustable lumbo-peritoneal shunt a valid option for managing symptomatic idiopathic intracranial hypertension? A case report of a multidisciplinary management

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2019
Background: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is a rare disorder, characterized by raised intracranial pressure with no recognizable cause. Headache, decreased visual acuity and papilledema are the main clinical manifestations.
Umberto A. Arcidiacono, M.D., Pietro P. Vico, M.D., Federico Pessina, M.D., Marco Riva, M.D.   +3 more
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Management and treatment of decompensated hepatic fibrosis and severe refractory Schistosoma mansoni ascites with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2022
This study aimed to report the first case of a patient with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni, refractory ascites and portal vein thrombosis treated with a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), at the Instituto de Radiologia, Hospital
Maria Cristina Carvalho do Espírito Santo, Ronaldo Cesar Borges Gryschek, Alberto Queiroz Farias, Wellington Andraus, Noêmia Barbosa Carvalho, Olavo Henrique Munhoz Leite, Felipe Corrêa Castro, Giovanni Guido Cerri, Gustavo Henrique Hypólitti, Francisco César Carnevale, André Moreira de Assis   +10 more
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A refractory right cervical mediastinal lymphangioma with medication and insertion of a Denver shunt

Journal of Surgical Case Reports
Abstract The Denver shunt is used for persistent chylothorax as a pleuroperitoneal shunt. Insertion of a Denver shunt was attempted in the current case involving a 3-year-old male with a refractory right cervical mediastinal lymphangioma.
Tatekawa, Yukihiro, Tsuzuki, Yukihiro, Fukuzato, Yoshimitsu   +2 more
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Evaluation of Intrapulmonary Shunt Alterations at Different Oxygen Concentrations and Oxygenation Parameters

Haseki Tıp Bülteni, 2015
Aim: The aim of the current study was to evaluate the relationship of intrapulmonary shunt with FiO2 alterations in patients treated with mechanical ventilation in intensive care unit for extrapulmonary disorders. Also, we aimed to assess the role of
Zerrin Demirtürk, Ecder Özenç, Sibel Buluç Bulğen   +2 more
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Hydrocephalus and pregnancy: the medical implications of maternal shunt dependency.

European journal of pediatric surgery : official journal of Austrian Association of Pediatric Surgery ... [et al] = Zeitschrift fur Kinderchirurgie, 1997
Eur J Pediatr ...
Liakos, A. M., Bradley, N. K., McAllister, J. P., Magram, G., Kinsman, S. L.   +4 more
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Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Migration

Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2017
History of present illness: A 40-year-old female presented to our ED with left upper abdominal pain and flank pain. The pain had begun suddenly 2 hours prior when she was reaching into a freezer to get a bag of frozen vegetables.
Justin P Puller, Jonathan T Miller
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Multimodal Sensing Capabilities for the Detection of Shunt Failure

Sensors, 2021
Hydrocephalus is a medical condition characterized by the abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) within the cavities of the brain called ventricles.
Milenka Gamero, Woo Seok Kim, Sungcheol Hong, Daniel Vorobiev, Clinton D. Morgan, Sung Il Park   +5 more
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