Patients were monitored for a minimum of 1 year. Endpoints were defined as shunt failure resulting from shunt obstruction, overdrainage, loculations of the cerebral ventricles, or infection. Outcome ...

Nearly all patients (93.6%) reported decreased vision, and 87.2% suffered headaches. The most common issue was shunt obstruction (51%), followed by low tension headaches (63.8%). The peritoneal side ...

Peritoneal washing (abdominopelvic washing) is a procedure used to diagnose whether certain types of cancer are present in the peritoneal cavity—the space between the membranes that line the abdomen.

Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma is a cancer that starts in the lining of the abdomen and develops 20-50 years after asbestos exposure. This rare cancer makes up roughly 10-15% of all mesothelioma ...

Nearly all patients (93.6%) reported decreased vision, and 87.2% suffered headaches. The most common issue was shunt obstruction (51%), followed by low tension headaches (63.8%). The peritoneal side ...

14 All patients received a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt with an adjustable valve and were evaluated post-surgery at median ... flow through the aqueduct and a possible CSF absorption into the ...

Rehabilitation Medicine Department, The Affiliated Changsha Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University (The First Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, China Tuberculous meningitis ...