Chronic Leptomeningitis and Spinal Intradural Mass Secondary to Alternaria Infection in a Patient with Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2016 Fungal infection following placement of ventriculostomy or ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is uncommon. We report the first case of Alternaria related central nervous system (CNS) shunt infection in a patient with CNS ependymoma manifesting as ...
Sanjeet S. Dadwal +4 more
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Complications and risk factors of endoscopic third ventriculostomy: A 10-year single-centre study and systematic literature review [PDF]
Brain and SpineIntroduction: Endoscopic third ventriculostomy is considered a safe and low-risk treatment of obstructive hydrocephalus. No systematic review has been conducted recently to establish benchmarks for success and complication rates. This knowledge gap makes
Einar Naveen Møen +2 more
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Impact of Intravenous Aspirin Administration on Ventriculostomy-Associated Hemorrhage in Coiled Acute Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patients [PDF]
Neurointervention, 2021 Purpose Aspirin has beneficial effects on coiling, even in acute subarachnoid hemorrhage, but there is also a perceived risk of increased bleeding and, importantly, a concern regarding ventriculostomy-associated hemorrhage (VAH) in those with ...
David Evans +4 more
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Our Experience with The Treatment of Hydrocephalus in Infants: Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy versus Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt: A retrospective Comparative Study [PDF]
International Journal of Medical Arts, 2020 Background: Hydrocephalus is the commonest pediatric neurological disorder and usually treated by cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion. This diversion accomplished by third ventriculostomy or ventriculo-peritoneal shunt. However, the optimal management is
Mohammed Ahmed Alhady, Mohamed Youssef
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Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2022 Introduction Ventriculoperitoneal shunts (VPSs) are common neurosurgical procedures, and in educational centers, they are often performed by residents.
Italo Cardoso Teixeira de Oliveira +8 more
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Simulation Method for the Physical Deformation of a Three-Dimensional Soft Body in Augmented Reality-Based External Ventricular Drainage [PDF]
Healthcare Informatics Research, 2023 Objectives Intraoperative navigation reduces the risk of major complications and increases the likelihood of optimal surgical outcomes. This paper presents an augmented reality (AR)-based simulation technique for ventriculostomy that visualizes brain ...
Kyoyeong Koo +10 more
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Ventriculitis: Infection or Inflammation
Antibiotics, 2021 Ventriculitis, or infection of the cerebrospinal fluid, in the presence of external ventricular drains (EVD), is an important complication and associated with substantial mortality, morbidity, and healthcare costs.
Mahesh Ramanan +2 more
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Frontiers in Surgery, 2023 BackgroundCerebellar contusion, swelling and herniation is frequently encoutered upon durotomy in patients undergoing retrosigmoid craniotomy for cerebellopontine angle (CPA) tumors, despite using standard methods to obtain adequate cerebellar relaxation.
Michel Roethlisberger +13 more
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Stereotactic Ventriculostomy Guide [PDF]
Cureus, 2022 Introduction Based on the anatomy of the frontal horn, a stereotactic ventriculostomy guidance system that does not need an elaborate setup and is suitable for ventricles of all sizes was developed. The objective of this paper is to describe this system and present the results of a cadaveric study in which this system was used.
Patil, Arun A +4 more
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Third ventriculostomy in fourth ventricle outlet obstruction
Archives of Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2020 A seven years-old boy presented with headache and progressive drowsiness. MRI demonstrated obstruction at the foramen of Magendie and foramina of Luschka. Child underwent an endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV). The postoperative course was uneventful.
Ricardo Santos de Oliveira +1 more
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