Research links level of spina bifida defect and need for shunt after newborn surgery
... In these cases, children were more likely to have shunts when lesions were identified by bony level rather than by functional level. In addition to helping design a future trial of fetal surgery, our findings provide physicians more information with which to counsel parents of infants with spina bifida abo...Can Alzheimer's disease be slowed by shunting cerebrospinal fluid?
...in Alzheimer's patients. The surgically implanted shunts drained CSF at a constant rate much lower than in the hydrocephalus studies to minimize the potential for overdrainage and optimize constant CSF flow. Subjects were screened and randomized into test and control groups, with 12 completing the shunt ...Engineered blood vessels prove durable and clot resistant
...ss operations and for vessels called arteriovenous shunts used for dialysis patients. The scientists reported that tissue-engineered blood vessels didn't burst or develop blood clots in laboratory tests and short-term animal experiments. "The study's most important findings were: First, the technology works...New technology offers quicker recovery, better results after vision-saving glaucoma surgery
...ocedure, including about 50 in Texas. Conventional shunts used to treat glaucoma are larger, forcing ophthalmologists to make bigger cuts on the eye. Now, the incision is between 2 millimeters and 4 mm long about half the size necessary to accommodate other shunts. As a result, the surgery is less invasiv...Discovery of pathway in learning impairment caused by liver disease may lead to drug treatment
...r study: rats in which they constructed portacaval shunts (a treatment used to treat high blood pressure in ...ronic liver failure in rats); rats with portacaval shunts that were given sildenafil; rats that were fed an ammonium-containing diet; and rats that were fed t...