Hydrocephalus is a recognised complication of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related opportunistic infections. Symptomatic raised cerebrospinal fluid pressure can be treated with ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion (VPS). In HIV-infected patients ho
6.The system of claim 5, wherein the shunt catheter comprises a body having a lumen therethrough, a primary set of drain pores formed in the body and adapted to allow fluid communication with the lumen and a secondary set of drain pores, with the secondary set of drain pores being closed...
Regression of Liquorodynamic Disorders and Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Overdrain Syndrome Clinic in a Patient After Severe Brain Injury with Posttraumatic Hydrocephalus and a Giant Cranial Bones Defect After Cranioplasty: Case Reportdoi:10.36425/rehab34244Alexey N Vorobyev...
through the pupillary opening in the iris and into the anterior chamber of the eye. Once in the anterior chamber, the fluid drains out of the eye through two different routes. In the “uveoscleral” route, the fluid percolates between muscle fibers of the ciliary body. This route accounts...
Rapid drainage of hydrothorax could also lead to sudden drop of CSF pressure in brain and cause intracranial hypotension syndrome, but this complication was avoided by slow drainage of CSF, in our patient, over 48 h and later VPLS was exteriorized at significant height to av...
One month later, the patient vis- ited our clinic because of difficulty in walking and deteri- oration of cognitive function. Head CT demonstrated left Figure 2. Upper line: Bilateral subdural space seems to be wide; however, sulci are well identified without brain compress...