Laparoscopically guided distal ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement provides definite patient benefits: it allows shunt placement under direct vision, associated with reduced trauma to the ...

Currently there is no widely accepted approach to predicting positive outcome following VP shunt placement in individuals with INPH. Shunting can result in dramatic symptom improvement in many ...

Common treatment approaches include: Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement: This involves draining excess fluid from the brain using a small plastic tube called a shunt. Surgical Resection ...

Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH) is a syndrome that is characterized by gait impairment, cognitive decline and urinary incontinence, and is associated with ventriculomegaly in the ...

The 1020 bedded Shalinitai Meghe Hospital and Research Centre (SMHRC), Wanadongri, Nagpur, has achieved another landmark in ...

ventriculoperitoneal shunt; P<0.01). HIT patients showed increased rates of endovascular coiling, ventricular drain placement, shunt placement, deep vein thrombosis, urinary tract infection, acute ...

Ventriculoperitoneal shunting is indicated when the ventricles continue to ... to remove pro-inflammatory cytokines and free iron from within the ventricles.30 The procedure involves insertion of ...

Upon discontinuation of treatment, severe, recurrent episodes of meningitis rapidly ensued, resulting in hydrocephalus and ventriculo-peritoneal (VP) shunt placement. This complication was associated ...

After ventriculoperitoneal shunting using either a Medos-Programmable ... concerning the heterogeneity of cognitive deficits in NPH and the efficacy of the shunt procedure. Patterns of structural ...

Conclusion: The evaluation of the optic nerve sheath diameter is a simple non-invasive procedure, which is a potentially ... Four patients with recurrent ventriculoperitoneal shunt problems underwent ...

exhibited symptomatic hydrocephalus and underwent external ventricular drainage or ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement after embolization. Clinical follow-up was performed in all survivors for 6–121 ...

The apparent benefits at 2 years observed in the nonrandomized ALT-FLOW study pave the way for a sham-controlled trial.