Concurrent use of a lumboperitoneal shunt with programmable valve and ventricular access device in the treatment of pseudotumor cerebri: Review of 40 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-24

  Nadkarni, Trimurti D ^a   Rekate, Harold L ^b,c   Wallace, Donna ^b  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign intracranial hypertension; Intracranial pressure monitoring; Lumboperitoneal shunt; Programmable valve; Pseudotumor cerebri; Ventricular access device

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; LUMBOPERITONEAL SHUNT; MALE; OBSTRUCTION; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 46849119624     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED/2008/2/7/019     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Anonymous: Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, ed 10. Springfield, MA: Merriam Webster Inc., 1993
2. Aoki N: Lumboperitoneal shunt: clinical applications, complications, and comparison with ventriculoperitoneal shunt. Neurosurgery 26:998-1004, 1990
3. Bercaw BL, Greer M: Transport of intrathecal 131-i risa in benign intracranial hypertension. Neurology 20:787-790, 1970
4. Burgett RA, Purvin VA, Kawasaki A: Lumboperitoneal shunting for pseudotumor cerebri. Neurology 49:734-739, 1997
5. Cevoli S, Sancisi E, Pierangeli G, Grimaldi D, Zanigni S, Nicodemo M, et al: Chronic daily headache: risk factors and pathogenetic considerations. Neurol Sci 27 (2 Suppl):S168-S173, 2006
6. Chumas PD, Armstrong DC, Drake JM, Kulkarni AV, Hoffman HJ, Humphreys RP, et al: Tonsillar herniation: the rule rather than the exception after lumboperitoneal shunting in the pediatric population. J Neurosurg 78:568-573, 1993
7. Eggenberger ER, Miller NR, Vitale S: Lumboperitoneal shunt for the treatment of pseudotumor cerebri. Neurology 46:1524-1530, 1996
8. Friedman DI: Papilledema and pseudotumor cerebri. Ophthalmol Clin North Am 14:129-147, ix, 2001
9. Friedman DI, Rausch EA: Headache diagnoses in patients with treated idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Neurology 58:1551-1553, 2002
10. Gjerris F, Soelberg Sørensen P, Vorstrup S, Paulson OB: Intracranial pressure, conductance to cerebrospinal fluid outflow, and cerebral blood flow in patients with benign intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri). Ann Neurol 17:158-162, 1985
11. Huff AL, Hupp SL, Rothrock JF: Chronic daily headache with migrainous features due to papilledema-negative idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Cephalalgia 16:451-452, 1996
12. Karabatsou K, Quigley G, Buxton N, Foy P, Mallucci C: Lumboperitoneal shunts: are the complications acceptable? Acta Neurochir (Wien) 146:1193-1197, 2004
13. Karahalios DG, Rekate HL, Khayata MH, Apostolides PJ: Elevated intracranial venous pressure as a universal mechanism in pseudotumor cerebri of varying etiologies. Neurology 46:198-202, 1996
14. Mathew NT, Ravishankar K, Sanin LC: Coexistence of migraine and idiopathic intracranial hypertension without papilledema. Neurology 46:1226-1230, 1996
15. McGirt MJ, Woodworth G, Thomas G, Miller N, Williams M, Rigamonti D: Cerebrospinal fluid shunt placement for pseudotumor cerebri-associated intractable headache: predictors of treatment response and an analysis of long-term outcomes. J Neurosurg 101:627-632, 2004
16. Nissels R, inventor; Johnson & Johnson Professional, Inc., assignee: Fluid flow limiting device. US patent 6,126,628. April 22, 1997
17. Payner TD, Prenger E, Berger TS, Crone KR: Acquired Chiari malformations: incidence, diagnosis, and management. Neurosurgery 34:429-434, 1994
18. Ramadan NM: Intracranial hypertension and migraine. Cephalalgia 13:210-211, 1993
19. Rekate HL: Brain turgor (Kb): intrinsic property of the brain to resist distortion. Pediatr Neurosurg 18:257-262, 1992
20. Rekate HL: Classification of slit-ventricle syndromes using intracranial pressure monitoring. Pediatr Neurosurg 19:15-20, 1993
21. Rekate HL, Brodkey JA, Chizeck HJ, el Sakka W, Ko WH: Ventricular volume regulation: a mathematical model and computer simulation. Pediatr Neurosci 14:77-84, 1988
22. Rekate HL, Wallace D: Lumboperitoneal shunts in children. Pediatr Neurosurg 38:41-46, 2003
23. Rekate HL, Williams FC Jr, Brodkey JA, McCormick JM, Chizeck HJ, Ko W: Resistance of the foramen of Monro. Pediatr Neurosci 14:85-89, 1988
24. Sainte-Rose C, LaCombe J, Pierre-Kahn A, Renier D, Hirsch JF: Intracranial venous sinus hypertension: cause or consequence of hydrocephalus in infants? J Neurosurg 60:727-736, 1984
25. Selman WR, Spetzler RF, Wilson CB, Grollmus JW: Percutaneous lumboperitoneal shunt: review of 130 cases. Neurosurgery 6:255-257, 1980
26. Sikorski CW, Rosen DS, Frim DM: Adjustable shunt valve reprogramming at home: safety and feasibility. Neurosurgery 60:333-337, 2007
27. Wang VY, Barbaro NM, Lawton MT, Pitts L, Kunwar S, Parsa AT, et al: Complications of lumboperitoneal shunts. Neurosurgery 60:1045-1049, 2007