Identification of abnormally elevated CSF outflow resistance also increases the likelihood of a favorable response to shunt placement compared with the clinical and radiographic evaluations ...

One month after Merrick was born, his mom, Lindsey, felt that something wasn’t quite right with her baby boy. He’d become ...

causing the shunt to malfunction, according to a study published in the August 2012 issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. The authors initiated the study after having issues with a ...

A peel-away needle is used to puncture the peritoneum. The distal shunt, which has been subcutaneously tunneled from the head toward the abdomen, is inserted through the needle and placed into the ...

Yifei Sun, a second-year medical student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, was recently awarded the Timothy George Award at the 2024 AANS/CNS Joint ...

Chief of Neurovascular Surgery and Director of Endovascular Neurosurgery. The patented eShunt System includes an endovascularly implantable cerebral spinal fluid shunt and delivery components ...