Cerebrospinal fluid shunt malfunction treatment

• Intracranial pressure and pulsatility in different head and body positions
• Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts to Treat Hydrocephalus and Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: Shunt Catheters and Valves
• Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts to Treat Hydrocephalus and Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: Surgical Techniques and Complication Avoidance
• Rare Complications of Lumboperitoneal Shunts: Abdominal Cerebrospinal Fluid Pseudocysts in Adults
• Chronic negative-pressure hydrocephalus: management of prolonged subatmospheric drainage failure and treatment approach in persistent ventriculomegaly. Illustrative case
• A comparative analysis of lumboperitoneal shunt outcomes in patients with post-hemorrhagic and post-traumatic hydrocephalus
• Endoscopic third ventriculostomy with or without choroid plexus cauterization for preventing shunt dependence in pediatric hydrocephalus: preliminary results of a prospective clinical case series in a lower-middle-income country (Egypt)
• Successful endoscopic third ventriculostomy in a patient with 40 years of ventriculoperitoneal shunt dependency since infancy: a case report

Simultaneously endoscopic lavage and shunt revision are effective methods in the treatment of shunt dysfunction in children. It is also superior to simple shunt revision for the risk of shunt dysfunction. More clinical studies are needed to verify this outcome ¹⁾.

ETV can be considered a primary treatment modality in children with shunt malfunction and has a good success rate in cases presenting with the closure of previously performed ETV stoma ²⁾.