First Report of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infection due to Cyberlindnera fabianii. [PDF]
, 2015 Fungal infections in the central nervous system (CNS) are associated with significant morbidity and death. Transient fungemia in immunocompetent patients without any other risk factors for fungemia has been suggested as a possible mechanism that may lead
Baghdadi, Jonathan +3 more
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Cryptococcal infection of the ventriculoperitoneal shunt in an immunocompetent patient [PDF]
, 2016 Patient: Male, 52 Final Diagnosis: Cryptococcal ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection Symptoms: Confusion • fever • Lethargy Medication: Amphotericin B • Flucytosine Clinical Procedure: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt removal Specialty: Infectious disease ...
Foong, Kap Sum +2 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 +4 more
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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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Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2020 Background Ventriculoperitoneal shunt is one of the most popular cerebrospinal fluid diversion procedures worldwide. Complications are common, but uncommon complications are rarely reported in the literature making a standardized guideline on management ...
Aliyu Muhammad Koko +3 more
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Migração distal de catéter de derivação ventrículo-peritoneal para implante mamário de silicone [PDF]
, 2009 Federal University of São Paulo Department of Neurology and NeurosurgeryCampinas State University Department of Neurology and NeurosurgeryUNIFESP, Department of Neurology and ...
Amantéa, Andrea Vieira +3 more
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Unusual extrusion of distal end of ventriculoperitoneal shunt: Case series with literature review
Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2021 Background: Ventriculoperitoneal shunting is most common treatment for hydrocephalus. Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt has been associated with complications from cerebral ventricles to peritoneal cavity [1].
Virendra Deo Sinha +3 more
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The British antibiotic and silver-impregnated catheters for ventriculoperitoneal shunts multi-centre randomised controlled trial (the BASICS trial): study protocol [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) for the treatment of hydrocephalus is one of the most common neurosurgical procedures in the UK, but failures caused by infection occur in approximately 8% of primary cases.
Blundell, M +8 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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Scrotal migration of ventriculoperitoneal catheter and hydrocele resolving spontaneously
Indian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2012 Shunt migration is a rare, but reported complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt and migration of the same through the processus vaginalis is known.
Raghu Sampally Ramareddy, Anand Alladi
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