ArticleAsian journal of endoscopic surgery2015
Neuroendoscopic surgery for ventriculitis and hydrocephalus after shunt infection and malfunction: Preliminary report of a new strategy.
Article in Asian journal of endoscopic surgery, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Clinical effect of radical debris evacuation with a flexible neuroendoscope on patients with ventriculitis: a case series.Journal of medical case reports · 2025Article
- Neuroendoscopic lavage for the treatment of pyogenic ventriculitis in children: personal series and review of the literature.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2022Review
- Tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-1 beta levels in cerebrospinal fluid examination for the diagnosis of ventriculoperitoneal shunt-related ventriculitis.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2019Article
- Neuroendoscopy for post-infective hydrocephalus in children.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2018Review
- Neuroendoscopic lavage for the treatment of CSF infection with hydrocephalus in children.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2018Article
- Treatment of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection and ventriculitis caused by Acinetobacter baumannii: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2018Article
- Neuroendoscopic aspiration and lavage of intraventricular empyema following shunt infection in infants.The Pan African medical journal · 2018Article
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- A Case of Invasive Pneumococcal Infection with Septic Shock and Rare Complications.Case reports in critical care · 2017Article
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Abstract
If not controlled in the early stage, ventriculitis is difficult to treat neurosurgically and can lead to serious sequelae, a long course of treatment, and hospitalization. We report two cases of ventriculitis and progressive hydrocephalus after shunt infection. Both were successfully treated by neuroendoscopic septostomy in combination with thorough intraventricular irrigation through a single burr hole followed by single shunt revision. Although surgical intervention has not been established as a first-choice treatment for ventriculitis, including early-stage ventriculitis, prompt neuroendoscopic surgery appears effective for the management of ventriculitis and hydrocephalus after shunt infection. The strategy described in this report might be useful to avoid recurrent shunt infections and malfunctions, simplify a shunt, and reduce the overall duration of hospitalization.
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