A ventricular shunt is a surgically implanted thin, plastic tube that drains extra fluid and relieves pressure on the brain. Children receive ventricular shunts for hydrocephalus, a condition ...

A ventriculoatrial shunt is a surgical device that treats hydrocephalus - a condition where there is too much cerebrospinal fluid in the brain - by diverting excess fluid to the heart.

Researchers found gut bacteria in brain implants, potentially causing inflammation and reducing device function. The study ...

Children suffering from hydrocephalus, the abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain, should be careful when using Apple’s popular tablet, the iPad 2: if held within 2 inches of ...

The most common treatment for congenital hydrocephaly is a shunt system. A surgeon will place a flexible plastic tube in the baby’s brain to drain the extra fluid. The other end of the tube goes ...

He left PEOPLE in 2023. Zach Roloff is awake and recovering from brain surgery. After the Little People, Big World star, 32, underwent an emergency shunt revision on Thursday morning, his wife ...