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Ventriculoperitoneal shunt complications: A review
Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2018 Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) placement is one of the most commonly performed neurosurgical procedures and is necessary to treat most forms of hydrocephalus.
Michelle Paff, M.D. +3 more
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Outcomes of ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion in the management of idiopathic intracranial hypertension in children [PDF]
, 2017 Purpose The ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt has become the procedure of choice for treatment of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). We aimed to assess the efficacy of frameless stereotactic placement of VP shunts for the management of ...
Amato-Watkins, Anthony +6 more
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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 +3 more
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Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2021 Background Ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion is widely used in the treatment of different kinds of hydrocephalus. Shunt failure is one of the most common complications; however complete intracranial shunt migration is rarely reported.
Hammad Mehtab +4 more
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Management and Complications of Arnold Chiari Hydrocephalus at Tertiary Health Care Center [PDF]
, 2020 Objective: to investigate the role of CT and MRI in diagnosis of Arnold chiari malformation of hydrocephalus and its treatment with VP shunt along with complications.
Ali Jalal, Malik Liaqat +5 more
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The effects of lumboperitoneal and ventriculoperitoneal shunts on the cranial and spinal cerebrospinal fluid volume in a patient with idiopathic intracranial hypertension [PDF]
, 2016 Lumboperitoneal (LP) and ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts are a frequent treatment modality for idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). Although these shunts have been used for a long time, it is still not clear how they change the total craniospinal
Frobe, Ana +5 more
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Case Reports in Surgery, 2015 Management of patients who have ventriculoperitoneal shunt presenting with acute calcular cholecystitis has remained a clinical challenge. In this paper, the hospital course and the follow-up of a patient presenting with acute calcular cholecystitis and ...
Abdullah A. Albarrak +2 more
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Laparoscopic, Endoscopic and Robotic Surgery, 2019 Traumatic acute subdural hematoma is one of the most lethal causes of head injuries, which leads to high mortality. While combined diseases always make it more intractable for the treatment.
Kun Wang +4 more
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Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2022 Ventriculoperitoneal shunting is the most common procedure performed to cure hydrocephalus. It is also the most failure prone. Mechanical late complications as shunt fracture or shunt migration are fairly often common in childhood.
Alain Jibia +5 more
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