Late Failures
Fig. 24.1 Magnetic resonance imaging showing a hydrocephalus related to a tectal plate lesion. The patient presented with signs of increased ICP, nystagmus, and ataxia Fig. 24.2 Magnetic resonance (MR)…
Fig. 24.1 Magnetic resonance imaging showing a hydrocephalus related to a tectal plate lesion. The patient presented with signs of increased ICP, nystagmus, and ataxia Fig. 24.2 Magnetic resonance (MR)…
Fig. 18.1 MR scans of a 28-year-old woman with a history of learning difficulties at childhood and recent episodic diffuse headache that had lasted for almost 3 months as well…
Fig. 7.1 Axial noncontrast computed tomography depicting an example of shunt overdrainage with subsequent development of bilateral extra-axial fluid collection (asterisks) Fig. 7.2 Right frontoparietal hyperdense extra-axial fluid collection (arrow)…
Fig. 23.1 Axial T2-weighted MRI showing multiple loculations in a 7-month-old patient with hydrocephalus caused by intraventricular hydrocephalus associated with prematurity as well as likely meningitis. The patient has already…
Fig. 13.1 Pseudocyst. Peritoneal catheter is withdrawn from the pseudocyst (a) and repositioned in functional peritoneum under laparoscopic assistance (b) When there is a chance for it, endoscopic third ventriculostomy…
Fig. 14.1 Indication for shunt revision in adults older than 17 years old (Adapted from data from Youman’s book [14, 15]) During the first decade of the twentieth century, the…
Fig. 10.1 An ex-premature infant who developed grade 4 IVH and PHH and was treated with a VSGS Table 10.1 Rates of infection and permanent shunting in VSGS patients as…
Fig. 16.1 Multiple abdominal scars indicate the prolonged morbidity. Scars 1–5 are the revisions due to blocked lower end secondary to pseudocyst formation. Scar “I” indicates scar formation due to…
Fig. 21.1 Contrasted MRI images of dural enhancement in cases of intracranial hypotension 21.5 Discussion Any abnormality that offsets the delicate intracranial pressure-volume balance can lead to symptoms. Altered CSF…
Procedure Complication Third ventriculostomy CNIII or VI injury CSF leak Extra-axial hematoma or hygroma Failure to improve hydrocephalus Hemiparesis Herniation Hypothalamic or hypophyseal dysfunction (diabetes insipidus, amenorrhea, change in appetite)…