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Analysis of the Rate and Pattern of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infection and Ventricular Catheter Culture Yield: A 10-Year Single-Institute Experience

Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2020
Aim: We aimed to study the rate and pattern of ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) infections at the Jordan University Hospital (JUH) over 10 years and investigate the yield of ventricular catheter tip culture in the evaluation of shunt infection.
Abdulrahman Al-Shudifat, Qussay Alsabbagh, Bashar Al-Matour, Ahmad Alkhlaifat, Dana Suleiman, Mohammed Jumaah   +5 more
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Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Complications in the European Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Multicenter Study.

Operative Neurosurgery, 2018
BACKGROUND Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VP-shunt) is the standard of treatment for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). However, a thorough investigation of VP-shunt complications in this population is lacking.
A. Feletti, D. d'Avella, C. Wikkelsø, P. Klinge, P. Hellström, J. Tans, M. Kiefer, U. Meier, J. Lemcke, V. Paterno, L. Stieglitz, M. Sameš, K. Saur, M. Kordas, Dusan Vitanovic, A. Gabarrós, Feixa Llarga, M. Triffaux, A. Tyberghien, M. Juhler, S. Hasselbalch, K. Cesarini, K. Laurell   +22 more
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CSF protein concentration associated with ventriculoperitoneal shunt obstruction in tuberculous meningitis.

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2018
INTRODUCTION Hydrocephalus occurs in 85% of patients with tuberculous meningitis (TBM). Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) insertion is first-line treatment for relieving increased intercranial pressure.
A. Kamat, A. Gretschel, A. J. Vlok, R. Solomons   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Risk factors and epidemiology of pediatric ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection

Pediatrics International, 2018
The aim of this study was to identify independent risk factors for cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection.
Amir Erps, J. Roth, S. Constantini, L. Lerner-Geva, G. Grisaru-Soen   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Shunt migration in ventriculoperitoneal shunting: A comprehensive review of literature

Neurology India, 2019
Ventriculoperitoneal shunts are one of the commonest surgical procedures performed in neurosurgery. Complications of this procedure include mechanical complications and nonmechanical ones.
S. Chatterjee, L. Harischandra, Anurag Sharma   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Anal Extrusion of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: A Report of Two Cases and Review of Literature

Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences, 2018
We report two cases of gastrointestinal perforation by ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts and review the literature on the topic. The time interval between shunt surgery and detection of bowel perforation is minimum in infants and increases with age ...
Abul Hasan, Somnath Sharma, S. Chopra, D. Purohit   +3 more
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Common and Uncommon Causes of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Malfunction Diagnosed on Plain Radiographs.

Current problems in diagnostic radiology, 2017
Thousands of patients with hydrocephalus are treated successfully with ventriculoperitoneal shunts. Ventriculoperitoneal shunts are known to have high malfunction rates, most of which are owing to mechanical causes.
P. Bates, D. Rajderkar
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Factors associated with 30-day ventriculoperitoneal shunt failure in pediatric and adult patients.

Journal of Neurosurgery, 2018
I. Anderson, Louise F Saukila, J. M. Robins, C. Akhunbay-Fudge, J. Goodden, A. Tyagi, N. Phillips, P. Chumas   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

19 Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt

Neurosurgery Outlines, 2020

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The Use of Ultrasound-Measured Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter to Predict Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Failure in Children

Pediatric emergency care, 2019
Sophia Lin, K. Kahne, A. El Sherif, Kevin W. Mennitt, D. Kessler, M. J. Ward, S. Platt   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source