Issue Special Issue 1/2010
54th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida
Content (57 Articles)
54th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida
Hugh Richards, Deborah Sival
Experimental Hydrocephalus Pre-meeting 7th July 2010, Ike Barber Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Hazel C Jones
Hydrocephalus treatment and outcome in African infants with myelomeningocele: what we have learned so far
Benjamin C Warf
Role of urodynamics in diagnosing tethered cord in spina bifida patients
Pieter Dik, Sven Nadorp, Johan EH Pruijs, Rob HJM Gooskens, Tom PVM de Jong
Spinal dysraphism associated with OEIS complex: aspects of diagnosis and treatment
Cora Städtler, Reinhold Cremer, Maximilian W Kellner, Thomas M Boemers
Augmentation colocystoplasty and incontinence surgery in patients with spina bifida – our ongoing experience
Prashanth Kumar, Anant Bangar, Janani Krishnan, Santosh Karmarkar
Management of neurogenic bladder in myelodysplasia patients: experience at our center
Sangram Singh, Milind Joshi, Vigya Chourishi
Spina bifida occulta in children: presentation and outcome
Margareta Dahl, Gunnar Ahlsten
Desmopressin in the treatment of nocturnal enuresis in patients with spina bifida
Pieter Dik, Paul W Veenboer, Tom PVM de Jong
Evaluation of prenatal diagnosis of isolated ventriculomegaly
Mami Yamasaki, Masahiro Nonaka, Yohei Bamba, Chika Teramoto, Rituko Pooh
Direct control of CSF pulsatility and its effect on CBF: initial findings using a novel method and device
Stephen Dombrowski, Jun Yang, Serge El Khoury, Natalie Krajcir, Mark Luciano
Iatrogenic complications following shunting the subarachnoid space in infancy
Douglas Cochrane, Ryan Janicki, Keith Aronyk, Jeff Pugh, Paul Steinbok, Ash Singhal
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt after previous endoscopic third ventriculostomy: does ETV improve shunt survival?
Ash Singhal, Tia Liu, Doug Cochrane, Paul Steinbok
Multiple surgeries in paediatric patients with myelomeningocele. Can we define quantitative and qualitative evolution patterns according to the level of spinal lesion?
Eulália Calado, Humberto Marreiros, Clara Loff
Congenital myelomeningocele – do we have to change our management?
Steffi Mayer, Margit Weißer, Holger Till, Gerd Gräfe, Christian Geyer
Is it possible to use specific IgE to single latex allergens to discriminate between spina patients with natural rubber latex allergy and sensitization?
Reinhold Cremer, Hans-Peter Rihs, Angela Gaspar, Graca Pires, Monika Raulf-Heimsoth
Does fetal endoscopic closure of the myelomeningocele prevent loss of neurologic function in spina bifida aperta?
Renate Verbeek, Axel Heep, Natasha Maurits, Reinhold Cremer, Oebele Brouwer, Johannes van der Hoeven, Deborah Sival
Neuroependymal denudation is still in progress in full-term human fetal spina bifida aperta
Deborah Sival, Montserrat Guerra, Wilfred den Dunnen, Frederico Bátiz, Genaro Alvial, Esteban Rodríguez
Submicroscopic chromosome abnormalities associated with spina bifida (myelomeningocele)
Dan Doherty, Karen D Tsuchiya, Heather C Mefford, David B Shurtleff
Dysfunction of the antisiphon device, SiphonGuard, due to rupture of the shell
Kai Arnell, Pelle Nilsson
Secondary conditions in adolescents and young adults (AYA) with spina bifida (SB) in Four US Programs
Timothy J Brei, Kathleen J Sawin, Constance Buran, Thomas Webb, Susan E Cashin, Amy Heffelfinger
Functional results in young adults with spina bifida. A comparative study among two therapeutic periods
Susana Rodriguez, Esther Pages, Ampar Cuxart, Jordi Iborra, Mar Melendez, Judith Sanchez-Raya
Testing a model of adaptation in adolescents and young adults (AYA) with spina bifida (SB)
Kathleen J Sawin, Timothy J Brei, Amy Heffelfinger, Susan E Cashin, Thomas S Webb, Constance F Buran
Knowledge on and intake of Folic acid supplementation in pregnant women in Denmark
Mikkel Mylius Rasmussen, Dorte Clemmensen, Claus Mosdal
Measuring health outcome in young adults with spina bifida
Susana Rodriguez, Esther Pages, Ampar Cuxart, Mar Melendez, Jordi Iborra, Judith Sanchez-Raya
Evaluating functional and health outcomes for patients with spina bifida 5 and 10 years post-transition into adult care
Irene Chan, Elysia Adams, Beverly Irwin, Paul Thiessen, Bonnie Sawatzky
A Comparison of parenting stress between mothers of children with spina bifida and able bodied controls
Lai Choo Ong, Nazli AR Norshireen, Vijayalakshmi Chandran
Long-term effects of arterial hypertension on the choroid plexus, blood to cerebrospinal fluid barrier and CSF proteins and their involved in certain types of dementia
Agustin Castañeyra-Perdomo, Ibrahim Gonzalez-Marrero, Rafael Castro, Agustin Castañeyra-Ruiz, Hector de Paz-Camona, Leandro Castañeyra-Ruiz, Juan M Gonzalez-Toledo, Emilia M Carmona-Calero
Augurin production in the mammalian choroid plexus: Implications for CSF and hydrocephalus
Sonia Podvin, Xitong Dang, Stuart Knowling, Ana Maria Gonzalez, Miles Miller, Edward Stopa, Conrad Johanson, Raul Coimbra, Brian Eliceiri, Andrew Baird
Expression of aquaporins in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
Sic L Chan, Meenu Madan, Srinu Chigurupati, Jogi V Pattisapu
ECRG-4 expression in normal and neoplastic choroid plexus
John E Donahue, Miles C Miller, Virginia Breese, Sonia Podvin, Brian Eliceiri, Cynthia L Jackson, Conrad E Johanson, Edward G Stopa, Ana Maria Gonzalez, Andrew Baird
Acetazolamide affects Aquaporin 1 expression of cultured choroid plexus cells
Jogi V Pattisapu, Pouya Ameli, Meenu Madan, Amin Yu, Srinu Chigurupathi, Sic L Chan
Prenatal cerebrospinal fluid modulate differentiation and proliferation of rat pheochoromocytoma PC12 cells
Mohammad Nabiuni, Javad Rasouli, Kazem Parivar, Homa Mohseni Kochesfhani
The effect of decompressive craniectomy on CSF pulsatility in experimental communicating hydrocephalus
Mark E Wagshul, Shams Rashid, James P McAllister II, Martin U Schuhmann
HASTE MRI in the assessment of children with hydrocephalus
Samuel R Browd, Brent R O’Neill, Sumit Pruthi, Harmanjeet Bains, Ryan Robison, Keiko Weir, Jeff Ojemann, Anthony Avellino, Richard Ellenbogen
Brain biomechanics during acute obstructive hydrocephalus in live rats
Alexander V Shulyakov, Richard Buist, Stefan S Cenkowski, Marc R Del Bigio
Comparison of mild and severe forms of hydrocephalus using diffusion tensor imaging in neonatal rats
Weihong Yuan, James P McAllister, Kelley Deren, Francesco Mangano
Are adjustable valves effective in all ages of patient? Data from the UK Shunt Registry
Hugh Richards, Helen Seeley, John Pickard
Do bactisealventriculostomy catheters have a low rate of ventriculitis and catheter colonization in clinical practice?
Roger Strachan, Himanshu Shekhar, Shuhaib Dambatta, Pratipal Kalsi
Complications and management of ventriculoatrial (VA) shunts, a case report
David L Nash, Kevin Schmidt
A retrospective study of infections after primary VP shunt placement in the newborn with Myelomeningocele without prophylactic antibiotics
Dorte Clemmensen, Mikkel Mylius Rasmussen, Claus Mosdal
The use of ASET (Anti Staph Epidermidis Titre) in the diagnosis of ventriculo-atrial shunt infection
Jacqueline Reaper, Sally Ann Collins, John McMullan, Roger Bayston
A simple method to reduce infection of ventriculoperitoneal shunts
Tausif Rehman, Atiq-ur Rehman, Hassaan Bashir, Vikas Gupta
The development of an antimicrobial EVD catheter to protect against multi-resistant hospital “superbugs”
Waheed Ashraf, Roger Bayston, Oxana Stevenson
Immunohistochemical study of human embryonic brain choroid plexuses and Subcommissural Organ
Emilia M Carmona-Calero, Ibrahim González-Marrero, Juan M González-Toledo, Agustín Castañeyra-Ruiz, Leandro Castañeyra-Ruiz, Héctor de Paz-Carmona, Isabel Hernández-Garde, Agustín Castañeyra-Perdomo
Alterations in choroid plexus gene expression in Alzheimer’s disease provide inferences for CSF composition and dynamics
Miles C Miller, Edward G Stopa, Elena V Nikonova, Keith Q Tanis, Alexei A Podtelezhnikov, Eva M Finney, David J Stone, Luiz M Camargo, Lisan Parker, Ajay Verma, Andrew Baird, John E Donahue, Ana Maria Gonzalez, Brian Eliceiri, Gerald D Silverberg, Petra M Klinge, Conrad E Johanson
Ventricular lavage for post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus
Ian Pople, Andrew Whitelaw
Manic episode after treatment with ventriculoperitoneal shunting due to obstructive hydrocephalus with corpus callosal signal changes: a case report
Liberto Brage-Martin, Agustin Castañeyra-Perdomo, Juan C Ribas-Neijerk, Mario García-Conde, Pablo Febles-Garcia, Mario Spreafico-Guerrero, Luis Pérez-Orribo, Rebeca Pérez-Alfayate, Emilia M Carmona-Calero, Victor García-Marín
Temporary tracheostomy required as an infant may be a risk factor for future centrally mediated disordered sleep ventilation
Robert Adderley, David Wensley
Acute respiratory failure following shunt disconnection
Robert Adderley
Health Sciences Online: an extraordinary opportunity for the democratization of health sciences knowledge
Erica Frank
Patients with spina bifida and bladder cancer. Our experience
Esther Pagès, Lluisa Montesinos, Mar Meléndez, Susana Rodríguez, Ampar Cuxart
Shunting in chronic hydrocephalus induces VEGFR-2 and blood vessel density changes in the caudate nucleus
Mark Luciano, Stephen Dombrowski, Abhishek Deshpande, Natalie Krajcir, Jun Yang
Defects in cell-cell junctions lead to neuroepithelial/ependymal denudation in the telencephalon of human hydrocephalic foetuses
Montserrat Guerra, Deborah Sival, Antonio Jimenez, María Dolores Dominguez Pinos, Wilfred den Dunnen, Luis Federico Bátiz, José Manuel Pérez-Figares, Esteban Rodríguez
The disruption of the ventricular (VZ) and subventricular (SVZ) zones of the ganglionic eminences in hydrocephalic hyh mice is associated to abnormalities in the cortical GABAergic neurons
Karin Vio, Ana Ojeda, Roberto Yulis, Esteban Rodríguez