... ventricular shunt obstruction as well as the related clinical and radiological factors. Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of 103 cases treated from 1982 to 2010. Descriptive analysis, raw and adjusted bivariate correlations and survival analysis were performed. Results: Over the course...

...Sabrina M. Heidemann; Michael Fiore; Sandeep Sood; Steven Ham Objective: To determine if eosinophils are activated to release the cationic proteins, eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) and eosinophil-derived neurotoxin (EDN) in shunt obstruction, and to find out if these proteins are associated...

... Cerebrospinal fluid shunt Hydrocephalus Risk Shunt infection Shunt obstruction Survival Abstract All cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt operations performed at Oregon Health Sciences University from 1976 through 1989 were reviewed retrospectively. There were 727 insertions or revisions of CSF shunts. Outcomes from...

...(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Hydrocephalus Shunt Mechanical complications, shunt Shunt obstruction Flow-regulating shunt system Complication...

... a few weeks; during the same period, 27 others were treated with VRS initially. The use of VLS presented significantly more shunt obstructions, but not more shunt infections, than VRS. Although placement of VLS was performed earlier, and in smaller babies than VRS, the outcome after a mean 9.1-year...

... from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Cerebral ventricles Ventricular size Ventricular anatomy Shunt obstruction Cerebrospinal fluid shunt Cerebrospinal fluid shunting is undertaken to alleviate increased intracranial pressure...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Shunt malfunction Shunt obstruction Symptoms Signs Myelodysplasia A cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt is the primary treatment modality for hydrocephalus...