in this study we tried to assess the incidence rate of shunt complications and it's association with age, sex, location of shunt, duration of surgery, and so on. for this purpose in a prospective study, 82 cases of hydrocephalus after shunt insertion, during the period of two years (1375-1377) in shariati hospital were selected and all the complications were evaluated. from the patients, 3...

Introduction: Hydrocephalus is one of the most common diseases in children, and its treatment requires brain operation. However, the pathophysiology of the disease is very complicated and still unknown.  Methods: Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy (ETV) and Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt (VPS) implantation are among the common treatments of hydrocephalus. In this study, Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) hyd...

Background & Importance: Acute epidural hematoma is a very rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion. The insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt can cause sudden decompression of the brain, subsequent to which epidural hematoma occurs due to CSF drainage. To our knowledge, there are only a few cases of acute epidural hematoma in the literature which required acute e...

PURPOSE Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt or ventriculoatrial shunt is a common operation for treatment of hydrocephalus. Usually, shunt series (plain radiographs of the skull, neck, chest and abdomen) and brain computed tomography (CT) are used to monitor the status of hydrocephalus and VP shunt. However, does the result of a brain CT really reflect the status of the hydrocephalus and shunt func...

background & importance: acute epidural hematoma is a very rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion. the insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt can cause sudden decompression of the brain, subsequent to which epidural hematoma occurs due to csf drainage. to our knowledge, there are only a few cases of acute epidural hematoma in the literature which required acute evacuation....

Quantification of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) system may be useful for distinguishing relative treatments in the presence of choroid plexus papillomas (CPPs). To study the CSF system, mathematical models and simulations detailing the cerebral blood flow and CSF filtration were constructed to represent a normal brain, a brain with CPP located in the left lateral ventricle, and a brain with CPP...

Abstract Introduction: Subdural hematoma is the most common type of hemorrhage as a shunt complication following ventriculoperitoneal procedures. This caused by rupture bridging veins between dura mater and brain due to suddenly developing decrease in intracranial pressure. On other hand, mechanism late epidural hemorrhage, shunt, could not been clarified very clearly. Case Presentation: A 7-ye...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Rapid brain MR imaging is often substituted for head CT in multiply imaged patients with shunted hydrocephalus. Fast TSE-T2 sequences are commonly used in these protocols. One limitation of TSE-T2 sequences is the decreased catheter delineation compared with CT. The aim of this study was to compare fast TSE-T2 with rapid SS-GRE sequences in the evaluation of intracranial ...

BACKGROUND Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt insertion remains the mainstay of treatment for hydrocephalus despite a high rate of complications. The predictors of shunt malfunction have been studied mostly in pediatric patients. In this study, we report our 11-year experience with VP shunts in adult patients with hydrocephalus. We also assess the various factors affecting shunt survival in a deve...

AIM Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt insertion remains the most popular method for the treatment of hydrocephalus despite its associated complications. We assessed VP shunt survival in a group of patients who had developed hydrocephalus following cranial surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective charts review was done over a 10-year period at our institution. Kaplan-Meier survival curves a...