ArticleBMJ case reports2018
Use of CSF infusion studies to unblock occluded hydrocephalus ventricular shunt catheters: a preliminary report of two patients.
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- Uncloggable ventriculoperitoneal shunt system for hydrocephalus via an integrated soft robotic device: CLEARS device.Biomedical microdevices · 2025Article
- CSF Dynamics for Shunt Prognostication and Revision in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Shunt infusion studies: impact on patient outcome, including health economics.Acta neurochirurgica · 2020Article
- Value of computerized shunt infusion study in assessment of pediatric hydrocephalus shunt function-a two center cross-sectional study.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2020Article
- Pfeiffer type 2 syndrome: review with updates on its genetics and molecular biology.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2019Review
- Slit ventricle syndrome: Historical considerations, diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment review.Brain circulationReview
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Abstract
Two patients with ventriculoperitoneal shunts presented with symptoms of raised intracranial pressure indicative of possible shunt malfunction. During investigation, to eliminate this possibility, cerebral spinal fluid infusion studies were performed, which indicated proximal occlusion of the shunts in both cases. Retrograde flush of the ventricular catheter was performed during temporary compression of the siphon-control device, a manoeuvre which blocks distal flow. After the use of this technique, both patients' symptoms improved and they have remained symptom-free for over 2 years. This case report validates the role that infusion studies can play in clearing a blocked ventricular catheter shunt.
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