ArticleCureus2023
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Surgery for Hydrocephalus: One of the Common Neurosurgical Procedures and Its Related Problems.
Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07547826 (Efficacy and Cost-Effectiveness of Topical Vancomycin Powder in Preventing Pediatric Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infections Across Different Etiologies), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers.
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Efficacy and Cost-Effectiveness of Topical Vancomycin Powder in Preventing Pediatric Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infections Across Different Etiologies
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13 citing papers in PubMed.
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- The application of programmable shunts in the management of hydrocephalus in pediatric patients.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026Article
- Comparison of Free-Hand Technique and Neuronavigation in Intraventricular Shunt Catheter Placement.Neurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) · 2026Article
- Distal ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter migration in pediatric hydrocephalus: A retrospective institutional case series and systematic review of published pediatric cases.Surgical neurology international · 2026Article
- Accuracy, outcome and complication of Free-hand VP shunt catheter placement.Neurosurgical review · 2025Article
- Uncloggable ventriculoperitoneal shunt system for hydrocephalus via an integrated soft robotic device: CLEARS device.Biomedical microdevices · 2025Article
- Fabrication and in vivo testing of a sub-mm duckbill valve for hydrocephalus treatment.Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2024Article
- Utility of routine postoperative imaging in adults undergoing primary ventriculoperitoneal shunts.Acta neurochirurgica · 2024Article
- A Rare Case of Shunt Malfunction Due to the Needle Guard Coming Off During Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Surgery.Cureus · 2024Article
- Dynamic plain abdominal film provides simple and effective diagnosis of delayed shunt insufficiency caused by abdominal adhesions after VP shunt.Chinese neurosurgical journal · 2024Article
- Paediatric ventriculoperitoneal shunt failures: 12-year experience from a Singapore children's hospital.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2023Article
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Abstract
Objective This study was conducted to assess the outcome in patients with hydrocephalus who underwent ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt surgery. Methods This retrospective study was conducted at the neurosurgery department of a tertiary care hospital. The time frame was three years and five months from January 2017 to May 2020 with a follow-up of six months. Results This study included 1030 patients, out of whom 64.2% were male and 35.8% were female. While the majority of the patients were more than 11 years of age (466), age did not have any significant impact on the outcome of the ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery. The most common cause of hydrocephalus was congenital (47.6%). A good outcome was seen in 63.4%, mortality was 10.6%, and complications were identified for 25.8%. The underlying pathology had a significant impact on the outcome in our study (p-value < 0.05) where the congenital cause of hydrocephalus showed a better outcome than any other cause. Conclusion Ventriculoperitoneal shunt is a good way to manage hydrocephalus, but there is always a high risk of complications.
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