ArticleCureus2022
Predictors and Outcome of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infection: A Retrospective Single-Center Study.
Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Towards a Deeper Understanding of Cerebrospinal Fluid Transport in the Optic Nerve Subarachnoid Space: A Computational Approach.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2026Article
- Minimally invasive abdominal catheter placement in ventriculoperitoneal shunt patients is associated with lower abdominal catheter complications: a single center experience.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2026Article
- Postoperative complications of ventriculoperitoneal shunt in children: experience from a middle-income referral hospital in Lima, Peru.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025Article
- Implementation of a Shunt Insertion Protocol and Its Effect on Institutional Shunt Infection Rates.Cureus · 2025Article
- A Study of Surgical Outcomes and Complications in Children Undergoing Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Eastern India.Annals of African medicine · 2025Observational
- Shunt-Dependent Post-Traumatic Hydrocephalus: Predictors and Long-Term Functional Outcomes.Neurology and therapy · 2023Article
- Multiple rare organisms causing ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection and brain abscess.Qatar medical journal · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundShunt infection critically affects approximately 8-10% of all inserted shunts, leading to significant morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to assess the clinical and laboratory factors associated with shunt infection and outcomes in patients treated for hydrocephalus. Methods
resultsA total of 132 shunts were inserted in 103 patients with a mean age of 2 years (range; 2 days to 73 years), and 53.4% were males. Twenty-two patients were suspected of having VPS infection (16.7% per procedure); only six (4.5%) had positive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) detected organisms. Patients with preoperative hemoglobin, white blood cells, and serum glucose within normal values had a lower shunt infection rate. The pediatric population had an elevated risk of VPS infection, particularly those who underwent surgery at a younger age than 7.5 months, weighed less than 10 Kg, and were associated with myelomeningocele. in addition, a shorter surgery time of less than 82 min, single surgeon, and operating room of fewer than four attendees are associated with lower risk of VPS infection.
conclusionWe emphasize that early identification and modifications of the risk factors can minimize the probability of developing VPS infection and improve patients outcome.
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