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 ...

Hydrocephalus, a neurological condition marked by the excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) within the brain’s ventricles, presents significant clinical challenges. Traditional ...

A new wireless, Band-Aid-like sensor could revolutionize the way patients manage hydrocephalus, a potentially life-threatening condition in which excess fluid builds up in the brain. A tube or 'shunt' ...

Background. Little is known regarding the optimal treatment of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt infections in adults. Our aim was to assess the efficacy of treatment strategies and to identify factors ...

Hydrocephalus, an abnormal build-up of cerebrospinal fluid within the brain, is typically treated by surgically placing a shunt to continually drain cerebrospinal fluid into the abdomen, protecting ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am an 84-year-old woman who was recently diagnosed with hydrocephalus after an MRI scan. I understand that there isn’t any treatment besides a shunt. Do you have any recommendations?

Dr. Michael A. Williams, professor of neurology and neurological surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine and a hydrocephalus experts, holds an example of a valve for a brain shunt ...

Hydrocephalus is an excess of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain’s ventricles. Surgery is the first-line and most effective treatment. The two primary surgeries are the Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning healthcare providers about potential hazards from interactions between implanted programmable cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunts and hearing implants ...

Among 82 girls with infantile hydrocephalus, 21% had precocious puberty before age 8 years and another 29% had early puberty with signs appearing before 8 years and 9 months, found researchers led by ...

Hydrocephalus is a condition where fluid builds up in the brain , causing increased pressure on the brain. The literal meaning of the disease is “water in the brain.” Cerebrospinal fluid normally ...