Complications of CSF Shunting in Hydrocephalus Prevention, Identification, and Management /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Di Rocco, Concezio (Editor), Turgut, Mehmet (Editor), Jallo, George (Editor), Martínez-Lage, Juan F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosurgery.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.

Written and edited by leading international authorities in the field, this book provides an in-depth review of knowledge of complications of CSF shunting, with emphasis on prevention, identification, and management. It covers the full range of shunt-related complications and the various associated a...

Table of Contents:

• GENERAL INTRODUCTION: Clinical Manifestations of CSF Shunt Complications
• Neuroimaging in CSF Shunt Complications. COMPLICATIONS OF EXTRATHECAL CSF SHUNTS: Introduction
• Iatrogenic Complications
• Complications Related to the Choice of the CSF Shunt Device
• Functional Complications
• Mechanical Complications
• Infective Complications
• Complications Related to the Type of Hydrocephalus
• Complications Specific to the Type of CSF Shunt
• Late Complications. COMPLICATIONS OF INTRATHECAL SHUNTS- ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT: Introduction
• Iatrogenic and Infective
• Complications Due to Insufficient Correction of the Altered CSF Dynamics
• Complications Related to the Type of Hydrocephalus
• Late Failures.