Niños portadores de una válvula de derivación de líquido cefalorraquídeo: motivos de consulta, diagnósticos y consumo de recursos en el servicio de urgencias [PDF]
Objetivos: Determinar los motivos de consulta en el servicio de urgencias de los niños portadores de válvula de derivación de líquido cefalorraquídeo (VDL), así como sus diagnósticos al alta, y comparar el consumo de recursos que generan con el de la ...
Aparicio Coll, Arantxa +3 more
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Rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt: Ectopic distal catheter in a Grynfeltt hernia – case report [PDF]
Melissa Esposito Gomes Rigueiral +6 more
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Background: Treatment for hydrocephalus often involves the installation of a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt. Relatively uncommon problems include migration and extrusion of the VP shunt's distal end.
Ahmed Kamal Abdelhameid +2 more
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Journal club: role of endoscopic third ventriculostomy and ventriculoperitoneal shunt in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: preliminary results of a randomized clinical trial. [PDF]
1. Significance/Context and Importance of the Study: Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH) was first defined by Hakim and colleagues in 19651, and its symptoms later classified by the clinical triad of gait dysfunction, urinary incontinence ...
Ghobrial, MD, George M +1 more
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Risk Factors for Latex Sensitization in Children with Spina Bifida [PDF]
Background: Children with spina bifida represent the major risk group for latex sensitization. Purpose: To determine the prevalence of latex sensitization in these children and to identify risk factors.
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Surgical outcome of benign intracranial hypertension in terms of improvement in vision [PDF]
To know about surgical outcome of benign intracranial hypertension in terms of improvement of vision.METHODOLOGY ; This Prospective observational study was conducted at of 22 patients operated in neurosurgery unit lady reading hospital Peshawar from Jan ...
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Recurrent Cutaneous Tuberculosis in an Immunocompetent 7-Year-Old Male [PDF]
Cutaneous tuberculosis (TB) makes up a small proportion of the 10.4 million cases around the world. Although it is more commonly found in the developing world, cutaneous TB is rarely reported in the developed countries.
Austin, Dena +4 more
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Epidural hematoma after ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery: report of two cases
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt operations represent the most used choice for treating hydrocephalus, although some related complications have been reported.
PEREIRA CARLOS UMBERTO +3 more
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Fractionated Stereotactic Radiosurgery Alone for the Treatment of a Papillary Craniopharygioma [PDF]
The use of radiation treatment (RT) is usually reserved for residual or recurrent craniopharyngiomas, and the role of RT alone and not as an adjunctive therapy to surgery has not been clearly defined.
Evans, MD, James J. +1 more
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