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First reported case of abdominal Nocardia pseudocyst in the setting of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: a case report and review of literature [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Introduction Ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement is a common neurosurgical procedure that is used to divert cerebrospinal fluid from the ventricular system to the peritoneal cavity to alleviate hydrocephalus.
Jacob Cliett, Matthew Lee, Fernando Vale, Samuel Macomson   +3 more
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Upward spontaneous migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt into the heart: A case report summary [PDF]

Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research, 2022
A male infant with a history of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) implantation due to congenital hydrocephalus presented with fever and lethargy at the age of 8 month-old.
Shamsi Ghaffari, Khosro Hashemzadeh, Mahmood Samadi, Akbar Molaei, Sahar Sadeghi, Ahmad Jamei Khosroshahi   +5 more
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Effect of Fixed Node Maneuver on Migration of Lumboperitoneal Shunt: A pilot study [PDF]

International Journal of Medical Arts, 2020
Background: Shunt migration after Lumboperitoneal [LP] shunt procedures can occur upward into the spinal subarachnoid space and downward into the abdominal cavity.
Mohamed Mansour, Mohammed Ahmed Alhady, Hatem Elkhouly   +2 more
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Global Irradiation in Children Treated for Hydrocephalus and Its Change over Time—A Single Institutional Analysis

Children, 2022
Radiation exposure early in life is associated with greater incidences of malignancy. Our goal was to quantify radiation exposure in shunt-treated hydrocephalus patients and study changes in the diagnostic modalities used.
Lukas Schabl, Julia Küppers, Tobias Jhala, Hermann Winicker, Peter Esslinger, Markus Lehner   +5 more
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First Report of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infection due to Cyberlindnera fabianii. [PDF]

, 2015
Fungal infections in the central nervous system (CNS) are associated with significant morbidity and death. Transient fungemia in immunocompetent patients without any other risk factors for fungemia has been suggested as a possible mechanism that may lead
Baghdadi, Jonathan, Hemarajata, Peera, Humphries, Romney, Kelesidis, Theodoros   +3 more
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Isolation of Ochrobactrum anthropi from Cerebrospinal Fluid: Insights from a Unique Case in an ICU Setting [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Ochrobactrum anthropi (O. anthropi), previously classified as Achromobacter and designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as group Vd, is known to cause severe infections even in immunocompetent individuals without underlying ...
Mrunali Subhashrao Tarale, Dipika Shaw, Gargi Muday, Radha Kunjalwar, Anjali Patond   +4 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, Lee, Ashley, Vasquez, Gustavo   +2 more
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A systematic review of post-operative infections in pediatric ventriculoperitoneal shunt cases [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Pediatrics
Background. Hydrocephalus is a prevalent condition in children, affecting both developed and developing countries. Neurosurgical interventions such as ventriculoperitoneal shunts are common, but are associated with a high risk of complications, including
Farhad Bal’afif, Tommy Alfandy Nazwar, Donny Wisnu Wardhana, Prisca Anindhita, Abdo Rouf El Shadawi, Hatim Sultan, Mochamad Bashir, Mustofa Mustofa   +7 more
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Implant Prophylaxis: The Next Best Practice Toward Asepsis in Spine Surgery. [PDF]

, 2018
Study designA literature review.ObjectivesAn evaluation of the contaminants prevalent on implants used for surgery and the aseptic methods being employed against them.MethodsPubMed was searched for articles published between 2000 and 2017 for studies ...
Agarwal, Aakash, Agarwal, Anand, Anand, Neel, Garfin, Steve R, Goel, Vijay K, Schultz, Christian, Wang, Jeffrey C   +6 more
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Chronic calcified subdural empyema, a rare, long-term complication following ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion: A report on two cases

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2022
Chronic calcified subdural empyema is an extremely rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt. The authors report two consecutive cases of chronic calcified subdural empyema, which are bilateral for the first one and unilateral right for the second ...
Louncény Fatoumata Barry, Roger Mulumba Ilunga, Yakhya Cisse, Hugues Ghislain Atakla, Mohameth Faye, Abdoulaye Diop, Momar Code Ba   +6 more
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