Chest Implantation of Adjustable Gravitational Valves: An Easy, Safe, and Stable Alternative to Control Symptomatic Overdrainage in Shunted Children

Tirado-Caballero, Jorge; Rivero-Garvía, Mónica; Moreno-Madueño, Gloria; Gómez-González, Emilio; Márquez-Rivas, Javier

doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.11.001

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“…This unphysiologically low ICP is the source of the avoidable, iatrogenic shunt-induced overdrainage that is imposed on the child with an unprotected shunt early on, even if the symptoms and signs (e.g., positional headaches, increased calvaria bone thickness, microcephaly) appear later. [36][37][38] A GU in a vertical position greatly reduced flow through the VPS in low-and medium-pressure shunt settings (PG5 and PG10). In 1y and 5y, no drainage occurred with PG10 in ph2 because the system was closed.…”

Section: Effect Of a Gu Across Different Ages Compared With A Standar...mentioning

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Effect of antisiphon devices on ventriculoperitoneal shunt drainage dynamics in growing children

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Jehli

et al. 2023

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

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OBJECTIVE Infants and small children face changing boundary conditions when treated with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) for hydrocephalus. There are no systematic data describing shunt drainage behavior and changes over time in a growing child. Using a child-adapted patient simulator, the authors investigated the drainage behaviors of fixed differential pressure (DP) valves and adjustable valves with devices for preventing overdrainage in children of different ages. METHODS Three miniNAV DP valves with a 10–cm H2O medium-pressure setting (MN10) and three adjustable proGAV2.0 valves with a 25–cm H2O gravitational unit (GU) at low 5–cm H2O opening pressure (PG5) and medium 10–cm H2O opening pressure (PG10) settings were each investigated with a hardware-in-the-loop test bed. This test bed consisted of a posture motion mechanism and two pressure compartments that mimicked intracranial and abdominal pressures and was used to test the VPS under realistic in vitro conditions. Body orientation and length were physically set according to the child’s age. The software simulated the physiological situations of children aged 1, 5, and 10 years. All valves were tested according to these specifications, with 5 runs for 1 hour each in the horizontal, vertical, and horizontal positions. Intracranial pressure (ICP) and VPS flow were measured, and the respective cerebrospinal fluid volume changes and ICP set value were computed. RESULTS The drainage parameters increased with age in all valves in the vertical position, with that of MN10 being pronounced in the 1-year-old simulation. The GU values in PG5 and PG10 substantially reduced drainage compared with MN10. PG10 prevented drainage in the 1-year-old and 5-year-old setups, but there was some drainage at physiological ICP in the 10-year-old setup. In contrast, MN10 produced the largest decreases in ICP across all ages and positions, and overdrainage resulted in insufficient ICP recovery in the subsequent horizontal position. ICP levels were mostly constant with PG10 at all ages. CONCLUSIONS This study shows that unprotected DP valves may lead to overdrainage in infants, whereas low-pressure GU valves can prevent overdrainage through 5 years and medium-pressure GU valves admit physiological ICP through at least 10 years. Therefore, devices for preventing overdrainage should be included in the first implanted shunt, and opening pressure should be adjusted as the child grows.

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Section: Effect Of a Gu Across Different Ages Compared With A Standar...mentioning

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“…These results support the increasing clinical evidence that GU is an effective way to reduce overdrainage in pediatric hydrocephalus. 36,42…”

Section: Effect Of a Gu Across Different Ages Compared With A Standar...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of antisiphon devices on ventriculoperitoneal shunt drainage dynamics in growing children

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Dias

Jehli

et al. 2023

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

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Shunt technology for infants and a lifetime

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2021

Childs Nerv Syst

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Chest Implantation of Adjustable Gravitational Valves: An Easy, Safe, and Stable Alternative to Control Symptomatic Overdrainage in Shunted Children

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Effect of antisiphon devices on ventriculoperitoneal shunt drainage dynamics in growing children

Effect of antisiphon devices on ventriculoperitoneal shunt drainage dynamics in growing children

Shunt technology for infants and a lifetime

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