Hydrocephalus: Pathogenesis and Treatment

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Hydrocephalus: Historical Review....Pages 3-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Early Vs Delayed Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt-Effects on the Impairment of the Developing Brain in Congenitally Hydrocephalic HTX-Rats....Pages 10-26
Embryopathoetiology of Congenital Hydrocephalus in Experimental Models: A Comparative Morphological Study in Two Different Models....Pages 27-35
Postnatal Changes of HRP-Labeled Corticospinal Neurons in Congenital Hydrocephalic Rats (HTX)....Pages 36-45
Changes in the Cerebral Vascular Bed in Experimental Hydrocephalus: An Angioarchitectural and Histological Study....Pages 46-57
Impaired Synaptic Plasticity and Dendritic Damage of Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Cells in Chronic Hydrocephalus....Pages 58-67
Neurotransmitter Changes in Hydrocephalus: Effects of Cerebral Metabolic Activator on Kaolin-Induced Hydrocephalus....Pages 68-74
Changes in the Hypothalamic and Brain Stem Catecholaminergic Systems in Experimental Hydrocephalus: A Histochemical Observation....Pages 75-87
Regional Changes in Superoxide Free Radicals, Energy Metabolism, and Ca-Calmodulin Binding Protein in the Development of Congenital Hydrocephalus....Pages 88-99
Cerebrovascular Flow and Glucose Transport in the Hydrocephalic Rat....Pages 102-106
Effects of Ventricular Enlargement of Experimental Hydrocephalus on the Regional Cerebral Blood Flow, Somatosensory Evoked Potentials, and Biomechanical Factors....Pages 107-120
High Energy Phosphate Metabolism in Congenital Hydrocephalic Rats — an in Vivo 31 P Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study....Pages 121-130
Cerebral Hemodynamics in Hydrocephalus During Infancy: Experimental and Clinical Studies....Pages 131-143
Cerebral Blood Flow and Oxygen Metabolism in Children with Hydrocephalus....Pages 144-152
Pulsatile Flow in Cerebral Arteries in Neonatal Hydrocephalus....Pages 153-159
Crossed Cerebellar Diaschisis in Hydrocephalus — Report of Three Cases....Pages 160-169
CSF Absorption Rates in Cats with Kaolin-Induced Hydrocephalus — a Study Using Different Kinds of Tracers of Different Molecular Size....Pages 172-180
Subependymal CSF Absorption in Hydrocephalic Edema — Ultrastructural Localization of Horseradish Peroxidase and Brain Tissue Damage....Pages 181-194
CSF Flow Dynamics in External Ventricular Drains....Pages 195-206
Evidence of CSF Flow in Rostral Direction Through Central Canal of Spinal Cord in Rats....Pages 207-217
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Pathogenesis of Syringomyelia with Description of Non-Communicating Type That Arises Immediately Caudal to Obstructive Lesions....Pages 218-228
Potential Difference Records from Human Cerebrospinal Fluid....Pages 229-236
Cerebral Evoked Potentials in Rats with Congenital Hydrocephalus....Pages 237-247
Clinical Significance of ICP Measurement in Infants Part I: Normal Intracranial Pressure....Pages 248-256
Clinical Significance of ICP Measurement in Infants Part II: Intracranial Pressure in Infants with Hydrocephalus....Pages 257-269
A Volume-Blood Flow Velocity Response (VFR) Relationship Derived from CSF Compartment Challenge as an Index of Progression of Infantile Hydrocephalus....Pages 270-278
The Role of Altered Brain Properties in Ventricular Dilatation....Pages 279-291
Biomechanical Analysis of Hydrocephalus by Different Physical Models....Pages 292-302
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
Management of Hydrocephalus Secondary to Posterior Fossa Tumor in Childhood....Pages 306-310
Traumatic Brain Edema in the Pathogenesis of Post-traumatic Hydrocephalus....Pages 311-323
Treatment of Postmeningitic Hydrocephalus....Pages 324-332
“Benign” Intracranial Hypertension and Polyradiculitis — Two Varieties of One Disease?....Pages 333-336
Surgical Management of Hydrocephalus Accompanying Cystic Lesions in Infancy....Pages 337-352
Pathophysiological Considerations of Subdural Fluid Collection in Childhood....Pages 353-361
Hydrocephalus Revision of its Classification....Pages 362-368
The Effectiveness of a Siphon Control Device in Preventing the Complications of Overshunting....Pages 370-374
Importance of Anti-Siphon Devices in Shunt Therapy of Pediatric and Adolescent Hydrocephalus....Pages 375-382
The Antisiphon Device — its Value in Preventing Excessive Drainage....Pages 383-390
Effect of an Anti-Siphon Device on Shunting Procedure: Intraventricular Pressure During Posture Changes....Pages 391-398
Sophy Shunts in the Treatment of 130 Patients....Pages 399-404
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
Pitfalls of the Sophy Programmable Pressure Valve: Is it Really Better than a Conventional Valve and an Anti-Siphon Device?....Pages 405-421
A New Shunt System with Non-Invasive Flow Rate Regulation and Pressure Measurement....Pages 422-431
A New Curved Peritoneal Passer for Shunting Operations — Technical Note....Pages 432-437
Hydrogel Ventriculo-Subdural Shunt for the Treatment of Hydrocephalus in Children....Pages 438-449
Evaluation of Shunt Failures by Compliance Analysis and Inspection of Shunt Valves and Shunt Materials, Using Microscopic or Scanning Electron Microscopic Techniques....Pages 452-472
Shuntography for Functional Evaluation of Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt in Children....Pages 473-480
Measurement of CSF Shunt Flow with MR Phase Imaging....Pages 481-490
A Trial for the Evaluation of CSF Shunt Function Using MR Imaging....Pages 491-501
An Evaluation of the Use of Perioperative Antibiotics in CSF Shunts....Pages 502-509
A Concerted Effort to Prevent Shunt Infection....Pages 510-514
Post-Shunt Isolated Compartments in Hydrocephalus: Proposal for a New Classification and Experimental Proof of the Pathophysiology....Pages 515-524
Epidemiological Survey of the Management of Fetal Hydrocephalus in the Kansai District of Japan....Pages 526-532
Congenital Central Nervous System Malformations Associated with Hydrocephalus....Pages 533-538
Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt as an Initial Treatment Modality for Premature Infants with Hydrocephalus....Pages 539-545
Surgical Outcome of Neonatal Hydrocephalus....Pages 546-551
Reduction Cranioplasty for Congenital Hydrocephalus....Pages 552-562
Effect of Ventricular Size on Intellectual Development in Children with Myelomeningocele....Pages 563-570
Continuous Cerebral Blood Flow Velocity (CBFV) and Simultaneous Intraventricular Pressure Measurements During Sleep in Hydrocephalic Children....Pages 571-583
Lumboperitoneal Shunt for Communicating Hydrocephalus....Pages 586-591
Properties of Interstitial Fluid in the Cerebral White Matter of Patients with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus....Pages 592-599
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
Quantitative Criteria for Successful Outcome in Shunting Operations....Pages 600-610
The Implications of Shunt Surgery in the Intracranial Hydrodynamics of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH)....Pages 611-618
Preoperative Evaluation of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus by Transcranial Doppler Sonography....Pages 619-626
Reversibility of Dementia in Hydrocephalus After Shunt Surgery: A Comparative Study of Elderly and Non-Elderly Patients....Pages 627-636
Clinical Evaluation of Sophisticated Mental Tests and 123 I-IMP SPECT in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) Patients....Pages 637-651
Serotonergic Effects on Cerebrospinal Fluid Production....Pages 654-666
Alterations of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Receptors in the Choroid Plexus of Rats with Kaolin-Induced Hydrocephalus....Pages 667-673
Effects of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide on Intraventricular Pressure in Rats with Congenital Hydrocephalus....Pages 674-679
Neuroendoscopic Third Ventriculostomy....Pages 680-691
New Surgical Therapy for Hydrocephalus: Percutaneous Flexible Endoneurosurgical Choroid Plexus Coagulation....Pages 692-698
Back Matter....Pages 699-702