Background. Little is known regarding the optimal treatment of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt infections in adults. Our aim was to assess the efficacy of treatment strategies and to identify factors ...

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Researchers conducted a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial to compare a laparoscopic procedure with a mini-laparotomy for insertion of a peritoneal catheter during ventriculoperitoneal ...

A 15-month-old girl with hydrocephalus from an intraventricular hemorrhage presented to the emergency department with irritability, lethargy and vomiting. Our neurosurgery team had inserted a ...

Outcomes of stereotactic radiosurgery in central nervous system lymphoma: A single institution experience. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not ...

Infection is still the most common complication of shunt procedures in children. However, fungal infection is still considered to be rare. We found that fungi accounted for 17% of shunt infections (8 ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (DECEMBER 23, 2014). Researchers conducted a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial at Bern University Hospital in Switzerland to compare a laparoscopic procedure with a ...

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An asymptomatic middle-aged man presented for routine preoperative chest radiographs prior to the resection of a Masson's tumour of the frontal sinus. The chest radiographs revealed a large anterior ...