DURING the past fifteen years an increasing number of portasystemic shunts have been performed at the Lahey Clinic. Some patients did not fit into the accepted criteria for operability 1–7; yet a ...

A new study reported that using shunt tubing impregnated with two common antibiotics is effective in preventing infection after brain surgery to relieve hydrocephalus. This simple but highly effective ...

Infants with various forms of congenital heart disease require a stable source of blood flow to their lungs in order to survive until a more definitive operation can be performed. In a recent study, ...

Children born with defects that impair the heart's lower chambers undergo a series of invasive surgeries early in life. The first surgery includes implantation of a plastic tube called a shunt to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Over the past decade, the frequency of aqueous shunt surgery has risen dramatically. Studies have shown us the ...

Of six patients with diffuse glomerulonephritis and associated infected ventriculoatrial shunt, three had improved renal function after removal of the infected shunt, and three died from ...

On Fridays and some Tuesdays, neurosurgeons in Kuopio place ventriculo-peritoneal shunts. During the procedure, they collect biopsies of skin, fat, muscle, right frontal cortex, intraventricular CSF.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tori, 31, took to her Instagram Stories on February 7 to ask for prayers as Zach, 32, prepared for surgery. “We discovered Zach’s ...

Trabeculectomy as a first-line procedure to treat glaucoma is more cost-effective than tube shunt surgery for people with elevated intraocular pressure (IOP), but tube shunt surgery may be the better ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Patients with glaucoma who underwent ...