Implanting a brain shunt in older people diagnosed with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is effective in improving their symptoms, a randomized, double-blinded, multi-center patient ...

Researchers at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, have investigated the implementation of a standardized shunt infection prevention bundle, a set of evidence-based practices termed the ...

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 ...

When Jill Knaus shuffled into the Adult Hydrocephalus Program at the University of Calgary she was hoping to find answers to her health concerns. She suddenly required the use of a cane or a walker.

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 ...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunts are implantable devices inserted by neurosurgeons to treat hydrocephalus. Shunt insertion and revision are the operations most commonly performed by pediatric ...

PARENTS of an infant with internal hydrocephalus are interested, whether or not they are aware of it or admit it to themselves, not in survival of their child but in a chance for normal development.

A company founded by two neurosurgeons at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, MA is trying to uncomplicate a complicated brain procedure. Venture Capital investors seem confident in CereVasc's approach to ...

Most people simply take ibuprofen when they get a headache. But for someone with hydrocephalus – a potentially life-threatening condition in which excess fluid builds up in the brain --a headache can ...