Small cisterno-lumbar gradient of phosphorylated Tau protein in geriatric patients with suspected normal pressure hydrocephalus [PDF]
, 2016 Additional file 1.
Annette Spreer +5 more
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Understanding Disease Aetiology and Related Needs Knowledge of Parents of Children With Spina Bifida
Child: Care, Health and Development, Volume 52, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT Objective Spina bifida (SB), a birth defect impacting the central nervous system, may disrupt family functioning, elevate risk for psychosocial concerns in family members, and require extensive medical management. Parental knowledge of their child's medical condition supports parents in managing youth health needs, advocating for their child ...
Olivia E. Clark +6 more
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Journal club: role of endoscopic third ventriculostomy and ventriculoperitoneal shunt in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: preliminary results of a randomized clinical trial. [PDF]
, 2013 1. Significance/Context and Importance of the Study: Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH) was first defined by Hakim and colleagues in 19651, and its symptoms later classified by the clinical triad of gait dysfunction, urinary incontinence ...
Ghobrial, MD, George M +1 more
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Fractionated Stereotactic Radiosurgery Alone for the Treatment of a Papillary Craniopharygioma [PDF]
, 2012 The use of radiation treatment (RT) is usually reserved for residual or recurrent craniopharyngiomas, and the role of RT alone and not as an adjunctive therapy to surgery has not been clearly defined.
Evans, MD, James J. +1 more
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Case Reports in Medicine, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.White cord syndrome (WCS) is a rare but serious postoperative complication characterized by new neurological deficits and hyperintense signal changes on T2‐weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) following spinal decompression surgery. Since it was first described by Chin et al.
Iran Chanideh +7 more
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Quantifying multi-facted needs in a district disability clinic population: analysis of data captured at point of care and development of a disabilities terminology set and disabilities complexity scale. [PDF]
, 2016 AIMS To develop a Disabilities Terminology Set and quantify the multifaceted needs of disabled children and their families in a district disability clinic population. METHOD Data from structured electronic clinic letters of children attending paediatric
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Third ventriculostomy vs ventriculoperitoneal shunt in pediatric obstructive hydrocephalus: results from a Swiss series and literature review [PDF]
, 2018 Introduction: Few series compare endoscopic third ventriculostomies (ETV) and ventriculoperitoneal shunts (VPS). To avoid the complications after a shunt insertion, there is an increased tendency to perform a third ventriculostomy.
de Ribaupierre, Sandrine +4 more
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Rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt: Ectopic distal catheter in a Grynfeltt hernia – case report [PDF]
, 2021 Melissa Esposito Gomes Rigueiral +6 more
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Candidal infections of ventriculoperitoneal shunts
Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences, 2009 Although ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt infection is a common complication of shunt procedures, fungal infection is considered to be rare. In the present study, we performed retrospective analysis of six cases in which candida infection occurred. In all these six cases, VP shunt was performed in children for hydrocephalus and the onset of symptoms ...
Baradkar, V. P. +3 more
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Ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter tract glioblastoma multiform concomitant to infection
Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2019 Given the high rate of hardware infection seen due to ventriculoperitoneal shunts, radiographic changes near the shunt system are most often concerning for infectious etiology.
Matthew Amarante +3 more
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