Background Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunting and transverse venous sinus (TVS) stenting are promising treatment choices for idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), addressing different aspects of ...

Objective The objective was to determine the sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of the CSF Tap Test (CSF TT) and resistance to CSF outflow (Rout) for the outcome of ...

Fourteen years after shunt implantation, a 26-year-old patient with myelomeningocele, concomitant hydrocephalus and a ventriculoatrial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt presented with brief but ...

Background and purpose We evaluated the inferior petrosal sinus (IPS) and adjacent cerebellopontine angle (CPA) cistern as a potential implantation site for a novel venous endovascular transdural CSF ...

The treatment for INPH is surgical diversion of CSF. This is accomplished by implanting a shunt to drain CSF from either the intracranial ventricular system or the lumbar subarachnoid space to a ...

Independent predictors of improvement following CSF shunting include the presence of gait impairment and a shorter duration of NPH symptoms (McGirt et al., 2005).

Objectives: The aim of this study was to prospectively study perioperative variables associated with revision after shunt surgery for adult hydrocephalus. Methods: Two protocols were designed to ...

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Background and aims: Up to 60% of patients treated with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) require angioplasty or restenting during the first year of follow up because of TIPS ...