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Lead
University of Utah
With
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Age
0–18
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Patients must have clinical and radiographic evidence of hydrocephalus as determined by a pediatric neurosurgeon and require a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (atrial, pleural, gallbladder and other shunt systems are excluded)
Patients can have no prior history of shunt insertion for hydrocephalus. A history of an external ventricular drain, subgaleal reservoir-catheter, or subgaleal shunt is permissible
Patients must be less than 18 years of age at the time of shunt insertion
You may not be if
Active CSF or abdominal infection
Spread of tumor in the subarachnoid space documented on enhanced imaging (CT or MRI) of the head or spine
CSF leak without hydrocephalus
Pseudotumor cerebri
Dandy-Walker malformation or arachnoid cyst as a cause of hydrocephalus
Loculations within the ventricular system
Hydranencephaly, alobar holoprosencephaly or any other congenital anomaly of the brain that severely distorts the ventricular anatomy such that ventricular catheter location cannot be determined
Other systemic disorders that would preclude the insertion/revision of a ventricular shunt
Other difficulties that would preclude follow-up at one year (e.g. terminal illness with life expectancy less than 1 year)
Clareo Health | The Ventricular Catheter Placement Study: Assessment of Efficacy and Safety of an Ultrasound Guided Shunt Insertion Technique
