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Self-Care Performance of Children with Ventriculoperitoneal-Shunt [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2020
Background: Children who have a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VP shunt) have to deal with a number of difficulties, all of which have an effect on how well they can execute the daily tasks associated with self-care.
Nadia Kasem Alaswad, Samah Osman Ali
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Ventriculoperitoneal shunt fracture in a child

Pan African Medical Journal, 2021
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) fracture is one of malfunction shunt. In pediatric cases, catheter fractures are observed most frequently in the growing period of the patient along with increasing height. Most fractures are reported on the connection side or the side with intense fibrosis because of the repeated pressure.
Prastiya Indra Gunawan, Uuk Riuh Kusuma Wardana   +1 more
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Anaplastic ependymoma metastases though a ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Radiology Case Reports, 2020
Ependymomas are rare glial tumors that comprise 10% of intracranial pediatric malignancies. Primary central nervous system malignancies can rarely metastasize extracranially.
Jeffery D. St Jeor, Paul G. Thacker, MD, MHA, John C. Benson, MD, Nathan C. Hull, MD   +3 more
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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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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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Anal Protrusion of Peritoneal End of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt and Multiple Brain Abscesses: A Case Report With Review of Literature

Iranian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2022
Background and Importance: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery is a widely accepted treatment for hydrocephalus, but it is not free from complications.
Ahtesham Khizar, Soha Zahid
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Medulloblastoma: seeding of VP shunt tract and peritoneum

Clinics and Practice, 2012
We report on a 5-year-old boy with seeding of the peritoneum and a ventriculoperitoneal shunt tract by anaplastic medulloblastoma. The role of ventriculoperitoneal shunting in the spread of primary central nervous system tumors has been controversial. In
David Pettersson, Kelli R. Schmitz, Jeffrey M. Pollock, Katharine L. Hopkins   +3 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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