INTRODUCTION In patients with traumatic brain injury, an effective approach for managing refractory intracranial hypertension is wide decompressive craniectomy. Postoperative hydrocephalus is a frequent complication requiring cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion. PRESENTATION OF CASE A 50-year-old male who underwent decompressive craniectomy after traumatic brain injury. He developed hydroceph...

Ventriculoperitoneal shunting is a commonly used neurosurgical procedure for management of hydrocephalus (Jang et al., 2015). Various complications of ventriculoperitoneal shunting have been reported, including infection, hemorrhage, shunt malfunction, shunt displacement and brain swelling (Kwon and Jang, 2012, 2015). Although ventriculoperitoneal shunting can cause injury of adjacent neural tr...

Increased homocysteine levels in serum are typical features of neurodegenerative brain diseases including hydrocephalus. The most frequent therapeutic approach consists of the insertion of a shunt, connecting the brain ventricles to an alternative drainage site. To decide whether the patient should undergo this, the lumbar drainage test is usually carried out to distinguish patients who can ben...

Farideh Nejat*1, MD, MpH, and Mostafa El-Khashab2, MD, PhD 1. Department of Neurosurgery, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Department of Neurosurgery, Hackensack University Medical Center, New Jersey, USA Received: Jul 01, 2011; Accepted: Jul 16, 2011 Most neurosurgeons or physicians are used to pump the shunt valve whenever they want to examine ...

Abstract Background Tubercular infection of the brain and spine is relatively common in endemic regions world. Central nervous system tuberculosis can have varied manifestations. The familiar imaging findings are hydrocephalus, ring-enhancing tuberculomas, meningeal enhancement, having a preference for basal regions. Myelitis most manifestation spine, with holocord involvement being rare presen...

Mitchell SJ, Doolette DJ. Selective vulnerability of the inner ear to decompression sickness in divers with right-to-left shunt: the role of tissue gas supersaturation. J Appl Physiol 106: 298–301, 2009. First published September 18, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.90915.2008.— Inner ear decompression sickness has been strongly associated with the presence of right-to-left shunts. The implied in...

Background According to the dementia progression, especially in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), venous reflex disturbance may be concerned. We previously found and reported that validation of spontaneous echo contrast or velocities internal jugular vein are convenient AD diagnosis screening methods reflux correlates with development (Matsuzono K et al. J Alzheimers Dis. 2021;84(2):787-796). In order ...

Introduction: Hydrocephaly is a common complication of intra ventricular brain tumors. The aim of this study was to determine, demographic and clinical features and type of hydrocephaly before and after surgical interventions in patients with intra ventricular brain tumor surgery. Material and methods: In a cross-sectional study, 100 patients with intra ventricular brain tumors who were candid...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the changes in serum neuron specific enolase and protein S-100B, after carotid endarterectomy performed using the conventional technique with routine shunting and patch closure, or eversion technique without the use of shunt. MATERIALS AND METHODS Prospective non-randomized study included 43 patients with severe (>80%) carotid stenosis undergoing carotid endarterectomy i...