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An algorithm to assess the rehabilitation potential in patients with chronic hydrocephalus.

Animal experiments to evaluate complications of foreign materials on silicone with shunt catheters: preliminary results.

Does idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus always mean a poor prognosis?

[Acute intracranial hypertension during xenon anesthesia in a patient with a giant brainstem tumor and cerebrospinal fluid flow obstruction: a case report].

Depth-adjustable fixation of external ventricular drains to counteract obstruction in tight ventricles.

External ventricular drain insertion accuracy: is there a need for change in practice?

Ventricular access device versus ventriculosubgaleal shunt in post hemorrhagic hydrocephalus associated with prematurity.

[A case of ventriculo-atrial shunt infection diagnosed by blood culture and serial cerebrospinal fluid protein measurement].

Hydrocephalus in posterior fossa lesions: ventriculostomy and permanent shunt rates by diagnosis.

Recurrent symptomatic pleural effusion due to a ventriculopleural shunt.

How long should cerebrospinal fluid cultures be held to detect shunt infections? Clinical article.

[Diagnosis and treatment of congenital hydrocephalus]

Improved ventriculoatrial shunt for cerebrospinal fluid diversion after multiple ventriculoperitoneal shunt failures.

Postoperative cerebrospinal fluid wound leakage as a predictor of shunt infection: a prospective analysis of 205 cases. Clinical article.

Infection rates following initial cerebrospinal fluid shunt placement across pediatric hospitals in the United States. Clinical article.

Efficacy of a lumbo-peritoneal shunt for meningeal carcinomatosis refractory to gefitinib treatment.

Longitudinal diffusion-weighted imaging in infants with hydrocephalus: decrease in tissue water diffusion after cerebrospinal fluid diversion.

Delayed intraventricular tension pneumocephalus due to scalp-ventricle fistula: a very rare complication of shunt surgery.

Ventricular catheter placement accuracy in non-stereotactic shunt surgery for hydrocephalus.

A multicenter retrospective comparison of conversion from temporary to permanent cerebrospinal fluid diversion in very low birth weight infants with posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus.