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Chronic Bilateral Calcified Subdural Empyema: An Unusual Complication of a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2020
Background and Importance: Subdural empyema is a rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunts. The ventriculoperitoneal shunt is a common technique used in the treatment of hydrocephalus.
Abdoulaye Diop, Mohameth Faye, Roger Ilunga Mulumba, Momar Codé Ba, Seydou Boubacar Badiane   +4 more
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Silver-impregnated, antibiotic-impregnated or non-impregnated ventriculoperitoneal shunts to prevent shunt infection: the BASICS three-arm RCT

Health Technology Assessment, 2020
Background: Insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt to treat hydrocephalus is one of the most common neurosurgical procedures worldwide. Shunt infection affects up to 15% of patients, resulting in long hospital stays, multiple surgeries and reduced ...
Conor L Mallucci, Michael D Jenkinson, Elizabeth J Conroy, John C Hartley, Michaela Brown, Tracy Moitt, Joanne Dalton, Tom Kearns, Michael J Griffiths, Giovanna Culeddu, Tom Solomon, Dyfrig Hughes, Carrol Gamble, the BASICS study collaborators   +13 more
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Unusual presentation of a common neurosurgical shunt procedure in an adult patient

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2022
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery is one of the treatments of hydrocephalus. It involves placing a shunt from the cerebral ventricles to the peritoneum serving as a drainage point.
Davaine Joel Ndongo Sonfack, Bilal Tarabay, Daniel Shedid, Sung-Joo Yuh   +3 more
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Ventriculoperitoneal Shunting for Hydrocephalus [PDF]

BMJ, 1973
Revision rate and complications were reviewed in 297 patients of all ages subjected to ventriculoperitoneal shunting and adequately followed. Both operative mortality and deaths due to complications of this type of shunt were much lower than after ventriculocaval shunts.
J S, Robertson, M I, Maraqa, B, Jennett
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Distal Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Catheter Migration into the Pulmonary Vasculature and Cardiac Chamber: A Case Report

Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology, 2023
Ventriculoperitoneal shunting is the most common neurosurgical procedure for treatment of hydrocephalus. Shunt-related complications are relatively common and associated with a high rate of shunt revision.
Chae Bin Lee, Jongsoo Park
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Distal subgaleal-peritoneal shunt migration into the abdominal wall with subsequent formation of a pre-peritoneal pseudocyst: a rare complication. [PDF]

, 2010
Distal ventriculo-peritoneal shunt migration and extra-peritoneal CSF pseudocyst formation are unusual complications of shunt placement. We present a 65-year-old-female who received a subgaleal-peritoneal shunt to decompress a post-surgical subgaleal ...
Carmel, Peter W, Mammis, Antonios, Singh, Rahul, Thaker, Nikhil G, Yanni, Daniel S   +4 more
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Evaluation of ventriculoperitoneal shunt in patients with secondary normal pressure hydrocephalus by diffusion tensor imaging

Di-san junyi daxue xuebao, 2022
Objective To evaluate the efficacy of ventriculoperitoneal shunt in patients with secondary normal pressure hydrocephalus by using the diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and diffusion tensor tractography (DTT).
LOU Yunxiao, CAO Fuqiang, WANG Benhan, FU Yu, YAO Anhui   +4 more
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Rare Neurosarcoidosis Involvements. [PDF]

Respirol Case Rep
Neurosarcoidosis is a rare manifestation of systemic sarcoidosis. Establishing a diagnosis can be challenging for clinicians, particularly in cases of isolated neurosarcoidosis. Here, we present nine patients with rare manifestations of neurosarcoidosis. ABSTRACT Neurosarcoidosis is a rare manifestation of systemic sarcoidosis. Establishing a diagnosis
Serin GC, Erol S, Çelik G, Kumbasar ÖÖ.   +3 more
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Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Outcomes among Infants [PDF]

, 2015
Ventriculoperitoneal shunts (VPSs) are used for the treatment of hydrocephalus. Here we analyzed the outcomes of VPS placements in 24 infants to determine the risk factors for shunt failure.
Iwasaki, Yuka, Kanazawa, Akane, Kikkawa, Kiyoshi, Miyazawa, Mari, Murayama, Hidehiko, Nakata, Yusei, Nishiuchi, Ritsuo, Shigemitsu, Yusuke, Tokorodani, Chiho, Watanabe, Hirokazu   +9 more
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Early ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection

Infection, 2016
Sin financiación 2.468 JCR (2016) Q3, 44/84 Infectious Diseases ...
Pintor Holguín, Emilio, Gutiérrez, María José, Gargantilla Madera, Pedro, Herreros Ruiz Valdepeñas, Benjamín   +3 more
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