A study by Malm et al. (1995) found that the number of patients with INPH who improved from surgical management with a VP shunt declined from 64% at 3 months to 26% at 3 years. The study also ...

Shunt failure due to collapse of the Mini-Holter valve was observed 13 times in 11 out of 179 children with an implanted Mini-Holter ventriculo-peritoneal (VP) or ventriculo-atrial (VA) shunt during a ...

In this edition of The Star — part one of our “Emfuleni Drowning in Sewage” series — we visited Evaton, where residents have ...

研究结论认为，成人患者中脑室腹腔分流术 失败率为8.4%。其中左侧分流、单人手术、夜间置管以 及经Kaufman's点入路与分流术失败显著相关。尽管与总体分流术失败无关，但出血后和脑膜炎后脑积水以及脑脊液蛋白水平＞100 ...

Sgt. 1st Class Valerie Watkins is excited after spending ten days on Fort Bliss, Texas, competing in the Army Trials. She learned ...

As a result of these findings and tests, a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VP shunt) was inserted into the lateral ventricle on the nondominant side of his brain. Because the patient was right-handed ...

BBC Natural History researcher Bruce Miller was on a climbing expedition last summer when his equipment broke, and loved ones ...

The patient eventually died of her recurrence secondary to complications of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt placed for treatment of hydrocephalus from the disease. The neuroendocrine system comprises a ...

A BBC star has undergone a life-altering ordeal following a horrifying fall during a nature outing. Bruce Miller, who worked ...

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) said all of the incidents were between August 2022 and May 2024.

enduring multiple surgeries - including the placement of a VP shunt to relieve pressure caused by hydrocephalus." "It was a long and challenging road just to reach medical stability. His journey ...