Once the decision to place a VP shunt has been made ... A flow-limiting valve operates by limiting CSF drainage under normal pressure conditions, but will switch to allow a higher flow rate ...
Hydrocephalus is a medical condition characterized ... with ventriculo-peritoneal (VP) shunts being the most common. However, complications can arise from these procedures, prompting the ...
shunt in the treatment of elderly patients diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus, also known as Hakim's Disease. The results of the STRIDE trial will serve as the basis for the company's ...
CereVasc, Inc. announced that the first patient was enrolled in the STRIDE clinical trial of the company’s eShunt system ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough device designation to CereVasc's eShunt System, a ...
Results of studies by Chen et al. (1994) and Haan et al. (1988) demonstrated 100% success in predicting positive VP shunt responsiveness after 5 days of continuous CSF drainage via lumbar drain ...
Background: Normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH ... The treatment of choice is the implantation of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. The differential diagnosis is complicated by the fact that three ...