The present study aimed to investigate the efficacy of endoscopy in the treatment of post-shunt placement for slit ventricle syndrome (SVS). Endoscopic surgery was performed on 18 patients with SVS between October 2004 and December 2012. Sex, age, causes of the hydrocephalus, ventricular size and imaging data were collected and analyzed. All patients were divided into two groups according to ve...

Sir, We report an unusual case of congenital hydrocephalus that developed acute tension pneumocephalus six months after the ventriculo-peritoneal shunt surgery. Delayed and symptomatic pneumocephalus following shunt placement is rare and has been described in only 11 cases so far. A 19-year-old female had undergone ventriculo-peritoneal shunt surgery for obstructive hydrocephalus secondary to c...

the aim of this study is to evaluate early and late results of surgery in children with congenital heart disease and decreased pulmonary blood flow, who underwent a palliative systemic-to-pulmonary shunt. during the past 9 years, 157 systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunts were performed in 130 patients (69 males, 61 females) with ages from 1 day to 31 years old. they had been evaluated for their c...

this is a case of a modified blalock-taussig shunt, which was complicated by perigraft transudative, fibrinous fluid accumulation and recurrence after surgical intervention. follow-up and expectant management of the patient was successful. our experience regarding this complication is presented.

A 50-year-old man suffering from generalized convulsions and right quadrantic hemianopia was admitted to the hospital. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging showed an enhanced ring in the left parieto-occipital lobe, suggesting a brain abscess (Figure 1). The patient underwent an immediate craniotomy and drainage. Culture of pus yielded -hemolytic streptococci. Brain abscesses are often ...

We report a 65-year-old man with hepatic encephalopathy due to an intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt that was successfully occluded by balloon occluded retrograde transvenous embolization with Guglielmi and interlocking detachable coils as performed percutaneously.

Abstract OBJECTIVE Currently, there is no unified treatment protocol for pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma with hydrocephalus. The present study aims to explore the clinical characteristics and best intervention modality METHODS detailed data of children admitted Department Pediatrics Guangdong Sanjiu Brain Hospital from January 2010 December 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. effect ...

Hepatoportal sclerosis or idiopathic portal hypertension has a worldwide distribution with prevalence in developing and temperate countries. Of 64 patients with this disease seen during a twelve year period, 36 underwent splenectomy or a shunt procedure. The indications for surgical intervention were severe hypersplenism and persistent left upper abdominal pain andlorhistory of frequent ep...

conclusions we found that ei and qp/qs ratio are significantly and positively associated and qp/qs ratio can be easily estimated by measuring ei in secundum type asd patients. background one of the inclusion criteria for applying atrial septal defect (asd) closing procedure is an increased pulmonary-to-systemic blood flow ratio (qp/qs). eccentricity index (ei) is associated with ventricular dys...