Polytetrafluoroethylene sponge syringosubarachnoid shunt.

Syringosubarachnoid Shunting by Using the Tube of a Lumbo-Peritoneal Shunt in Primary Syringomyelia

Surgical treatment of post-traumatic myelopathy associated with syringomyelia.

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review. OBJECTIVE Evaluate the clinical outcome of surgical intervention for post-traumatic syringomyelia. INTRODUCTION Progressive post-traumatic cystic myelopathy (PPCM), or syringomyelia, can occur after spinal cord injury. The authors present their surgical treatment protocol and treatment outcome of a series of patients with post-traumatic syringomyelia. ME...

Experience with the modified Blalock-Taussig operation using polytetrafluoroethylene (Impra) grafts.

Between June 1978 and January 1982, 115 patients underwent 122 subclavian artery-pulmonary artery shunts using polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE Impra) grafts. Forty-six of the patients had a ductus dependent pulmonary circulation, the patency of which was maintained by an infusion of prostaglandin E2 in 29 cases. There were nine hospital deaths, four of which were related to shunt failure. Five pa...

Prevention of recurrent variceal bleeding.

Patients surviving a first episode of variceal bleeding have a risk of over 60% of experiencing recurrent haemorrhages within 1 year from the index episode. Because of this, all patients surviving a variceal bleeding should receive active treatments for the prevention of rebleeding. beta-Blockers+/-isosorbide-5-mononitrate and band ligation are effective in preventing recurrent bleeding and bot...

Blalock - Taussig shunt . modified ( polytetrafluoroethylene ) Balloon dilatation of a stenosed

A 17 month old girl with tricuspid atresia, ventricular septal defect, subvalvar and valvar pulmonary stenosis, and increasing cyanosis had angiographic evidence ofproximal stenosis of a right modified (5 mm diameter) Blalock-Taussig shunt. She underwent palliative balloon angioplasty with a 6 mm Schneider balloon catheter. Successful dilatation was achieved without complication. Four months la...