Cerebrospinal fluid shunt malfunction treatment

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• Preventing What Matters: A Fast and Reliable Technique to Secure External Ventricular Drains and Avoid Dislodgement
• Hydrocephalus after Gamma Knife Surgery for Vestibular Schwannoma Resolved by Tumor Removal without Cerebrospinal Fluid Diversion: Report of Two Cases
• Radionuclide Shunt Scintigraphy Technique in Diagnosing Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Malfunction and Patency: A Case Study and Review of Literature
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• 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

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⁾.