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Management of shunt Infection In pediatric age group / Ehab Mohamed Abdlfattah Eid ; Supervised Khaled Bassim Aly , Ahmed Elsaid Ahmed , Ahmed Mohamed Zaatar

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cairo : Ehab Mohamed Abdlfattah Eid , 2017Description: 97 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cmOther title:
  • التقييم الإكلينيكي و كيفية معالجة إلتهاب الصمام المخى فى الأطفال الصغار [Added title page title]
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Dissertation note: Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Neurosurgery Summary: The management of postoperative shunt infection include primarily the entire prevention through preoperative precautions and intraoperative meticulous sterilization, in this study we will express the diagnostic evaluation of postoperative shunt infection and different management strategies for various situations and the efficacy of these plans to control shunt infection in pediatric age group. Patients and Methods: Thirty patients aged less than twelve years with CSF shunt developed postoperative infection. We reviewed the clinical presentation and diagnostic criteria and management strategies used to treat the patients.Results: In thirty pediatric patients with previously inserted shunt, the success rate of management of shunt infection was 80 % (twenty-four patients of thirty) and the failure rate was 20 % (six patients of thirty), out of the six patients, three of them presented with recurrent infection 10% and the mortality rate was 10%.Conclusion: Proper management of postoperative shunt infection relays on primary prevention, intraoperative meticulous precautions and early diagnostic evaluation of already existing infection with proper choice of its management strategy
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Thesis Thesis قاعة الرسائل الجامعية - الدور الاول المكتبة المركزبة الجديدة - جامعة القاهرة Cai01.11.20.M.Sc.2017.Eh.M (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 01010110073235000
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Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Neurosurgery

The management of postoperative shunt infection include primarily the entire prevention through preoperative precautions and intraoperative meticulous sterilization, in this study we will express the diagnostic evaluation of postoperative shunt infection and different management strategies for various situations and the efficacy of these plans to control shunt infection in pediatric age group. Patients and Methods: Thirty patients aged less than twelve years with CSF shunt developed postoperative infection. We reviewed the clinical presentation and diagnostic criteria and management strategies used to treat the patients.Results: In thirty pediatric patients with previously inserted shunt, the success rate of management of shunt infection was 80 % (twenty-four patients of thirty) and the failure rate was 20 % (six patients of thirty), out of the six patients, three of them presented with recurrent infection 10% and the mortality rate was 10%.Conclusion: Proper management of postoperative shunt infection relays on primary prevention, intraoperative meticulous precautions and early diagnostic evaluation of already existing infection with proper choice of its management strategy

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