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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Calcular Cholecystitis in a Patient with Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: A Case Report and Literature Review

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, Sami Khairy, Alzahrani Mohammed Ahmed   +2 more
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Usage of neuronavigation system to treat a case of traumatic acute subdural hematoma after two-side ventriculoperitoneal shunt

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, Xueying Xu, Huanjiang Niu, Xiujun Cai, Yirong Wang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chiari I Malformation: Review and Update of Current Treatment Options

Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The pathophysiology of Chiari malformation type I (CM‐I) is complex, involving structural abnormalities at the craniovertebral junction that result in herniation of the cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum. In this study, we aim to present and evaluate current treatment options for CM‐I, with a focus on evidence‐based clinical ...
Jordan J. Lo, Shuhei Shiino, Stephen Z. Shapiro, Brianna L. Hines, Noritaka Komune, Carmine Antonio Donofrio, Filippo Badaloni, Antonio Fioravanti, Joseph Lockwood, C. J. Bui, Aaron S. Dumont, R. Shane Tubbs   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neonatal developmental and epileptic encephalopathy with movement disorder and arthrogryposis: A shared phenotype across brain‐expressed sodium channelopathies

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Neonatal developmental and epileptic encephalopathy with movement disorder and arthrogryposis (NDEEMA) represents the most severe end of the gain‐of‐function (GOF) SCN1A disorder spectrum. Sporadic cases of congenital arthrogryposis have also been reported in individuals with SCN2A‐, SCN3A‐, and SCN8A‐related developmental and ...
Sopio Gverdtsiteli, Sebastian Ortiz, Tobias Brünger, Francesca Furia, Carmen Barba, Trine Bjørg‐Hammer, Ingo Borggraefe, Roberto Caraballo, Sebahattin Cirak, Alberto Espeche, Walid Fazeli, Renzo Guerrini, Matias Juanes, Karin Kassahn, Maria Kinali, Johannes Krämer, Judith Kröll, Maria Concepción Miranda Herrero, Renske Oegema, Katrin Ounap, Oscar Peñuela, Konrad Platzer, Asuri Narayan Prasad, Aurora Pujol, Karit Reinson, Alfonso Represa, Eugenia Roza, Gabriela Reyes Valenzuela, Agustí Rodríguez‐Palmero, Suzanne Sallevelt, Maria Iciar Sanchez‐Albiusa, Ingrid E. Scheffer, Cory Smid, Carl E. Stafstrom, Eva‐Lena Stattin, Jen R. Suarez, Steffen Syrbe, Kette D. Valente, Matias Wagner, Saskia Wortmann, Elena Gardella, Dennis Lal, Andreas Brunklaus, Rikke S. Møller   +43 more
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Complete intracranial migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt: a common procedure with a rare complication

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, Ahtesham Khizar, Soha Zahid, Sameer Saleem Tebha, Maha Irfan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characteristics and long‐term outcomes of children with confirmed focal cortical dysplasia type 1 after epilepsy surgery: A population‐based study

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Focal cortical dysplasia type 1 (FCD1) is a rare and heterogeneous cause of drug‐resistant epilepsy (DRE) in children. Its clinical characteristics remain poorly understood, and surgical outcomes may be less favorable than in FCD2. We conducted a population‐based study to characterize the clinical presentation and long‐term seizure ...
Vincent Zheng, Päivi Koroknay‐Pál, Henri Lehtinen, Eija Gaily, Atte Karppinen, Anders Paetau, Olli Tynninen, Heta Leinonen, Aki Laakso, Eeva‐Liisa Metsähonkala   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Case Report: A modified approach to converting ventriculoperitoneal shunt to ventriculoatrial shunt due to recurrent encapsulation of the peritoneal catheter

Frontiers in Surgery
BackgroundHydrocephalus is a condition characterized by the accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the ventricular system due to various causes, including excessive CSF production, impaired circulation, or absorption dysfunction.
YunSen Zhang, YuanHong Ge, Yong Liu, Yue Zhang, RongHua Xu, Xuejun Xu   +5 more
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Risk Factors for Complications Following Paediatric Neuromuscular and Syndromic Scoliosis Correction Surgery: A Systematic Review

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Paediatric neuromuscular and syndromic scoliosis patients have multiple medical comorbidities that increase the risk of postoperative complications. There is a lack of consistent literature assessing the specific risk factors for complications following scoliosis correction surgery in this high‐risk cohort.
Mai Pham, Mia A. Percival, Moya Vandeleur, Giuliana Antolovich, Kris Lundine   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A ventriculoperitoneal shunt incidentally found in the stomach

Radiology Case Reports, 2018
We report a case of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt incidentally found within the stomach while the patient was undergoing a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement.
Dan Isaac Cohen-Addad, MD, Kevin Hewitt, MD, Donnie Bell, MD   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Repeat fracture of shunts in ventriculoperitoneal shunting with pelvic migration: An African teen case report with literature review

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, Blondel N. Oumarou, Mahamat Adoum, Serge Abogo, Serge Nga Nomo, Gisèle Chewa   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source