ArticleNeurosurgical review2022
In vitro testing of explanted shunt valves in hydrocephalic patients with suspected valve malfunction.
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- Reduced risk of shunt revision with adjustable valves: a population-based cohort study over three decades.Acta neurochirurgica · 2026Article
- Nonadjustable state of programmable shunt valve: obstruction of middle cranial fossa arachnoid cyst-peritoneal shunt.Chinese neurosurgical journal · 2024Article
- Three-Dimensional Visualization of Shunt Valves with Photon Counting CT and Comparison to Traditional X-ray in a Simple Phantom Model.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2024Article
- 17 years of experience with shunt systems in normal pressure hydrocephalus - From differential pressure to gravitational valves.World neurosurgery: X · 2024Article
- Programmable (proSA®) vs. fixed (SHUNTASSISTANT®) gravitational valves in pediatric patients with hydrocephalus: a 16-year retrospective single-center comparative study with biomechanical analysis.Acta neurochirurgica · 2023Article
- Long-term follow-up and comparison of programmable and non-programmable ventricular cerebrospinal fluid shunts among adult patients with different hydrocephalus etiologies: a retrospective cohort study.Acta neurochirurgica · 2023Article
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Abstract
Diagnosis of symptomatic valve malfunction in hydrocephalic patients treated with VP-Shunt (VPS) might be difficult. Clinical symptoms such as headache or nausea are nonspecific, hence cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) over- or underdrainage can only be suspected but not proven. Knowledge concerning valve malfunction is still limited. We aim to provide data on the flow characteristics of explanted shunt valves in patients with suspected valve malfunction. An in vitro shunt laboratory setup was used to analyze the explanted valves under conditions similar to those in an implanted VPS. The differential pressure (DP) of the valve was adjusted stepwise to 20, 10, 6, and 4 cmH
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