Background and aim: Shunt tap decreases ICP & improves cerebral perfusion & should be detected by cerebral rSO 2. Determine cerebral rSO 2 reliability during shunt tap. Method: Left & right ...

Abdominal complications following ventriculo-peritoneal shunting for hydrocephalus are not uncommon. One of the complications that has heretofore required abandonment of the peritoneal shunt has ...