355 Novel Benchtop Model of Hydrocephalus to Study Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunts

Hydrocephalus: electrocardiographic localization of the catheter in ventriculo-atrial shunts.

Among the surgical methods used in the treatment of hydrocephalus, procedures in which the cerebrospinal fluid from the ventricular system is drained through a valve directly into the venous side of the systemic circulation are now well established. However, the advantages of a low operative mortality and a high initial rate of success in the control of the hydrocephalus must be weighed against...

ventriculo-atrial shunts

SYNOPSIS Micrococcaceae isolated from the shunt, ventricles, and bloodstream of children with colonized ventriculo-venous shunts were classified within the scheme of Baird-Parker (1963). With one exception, all belonged to subgroup II of the genus Staphylococcus; tests were therefore devised for division within this subgroup, and results are reported in 30 cases from this and other hospitals. S...

Cardiac embolization of ventriculo-venous shunts for hydrocephalus. Report of a case.

Weights of heart ventricles in children with hydrocephalus treated with ventriculo-caval shunts.

The introduction of an effective valve system enabling the long-term shunting of cerebrospinal fluid from the cerebral ventricles into the right atrium of the heart was a turning point in the treatment of children with congenital hydrocephalus. It has transformed a mortality rate of about 80 per cent to a survival rate of approximately that figure. Within months of the introduction of this trea...

Ventriculoperitoneal shunts to control hydrocephalus in adults

Hydrocephalus is a neurological disorder where there is an increased build up of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain. One of the most prominent ways to treat this condition is the use of a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt. Studies conducted are used to understand what the best treatment will be for certain patients with hydrocephalus. The overall goal of these studies is to determine how tech...