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VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT INFECTIONS [PDF]

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2006
Central nervous system (CNS) shunt infection is a cause of significant morbidity, causing shunt malfunction and chronic ill health. This study was carried out to evaluate the infection rate associated with CNS shunts, assess the frequency of the pathogens as well as their antibiotic sensitivity pattern aiming at suitable prophylaxis.
P. Sarguna, V. Lakshmi
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Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Migration [PDF]

Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2017
History of present illness: A 40-year-old female presented to our ED with left upper abdominal pain and flank pain. The pain had begun suddenly 2 hours prior when she was reaching into a freezer to get a bag of frozen vegetables.
Justin P Puller, Jonathan T Miller
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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
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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.
Uuk Riuh Kusuma Wardana, Prastiya Indra Gunawan   +1 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.
M I Maraqa, J S Robertson, Bryan Jennett
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Shunt Valve Rupture in Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Failure

World Neurosurgery, 2021
Shunt complications are common despite advances in surgical techniques and shunting technology. Proximal and/or distal catheter malfunctions are detected in pediatric and adult patients. However, valve dysfunction is rare in such cases.A 24-year-old woman presented with a history of ventriculostomy and ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) secondary to ...
Mustafa Güdük, Ahmet Akbaş, Mürüvvet Ayten Tüzünalp, Gürkan Berikol, Murat Şakir Ekşi   +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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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
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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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