Efficacy of antimicrobial medicated ventricular catheters: a network meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis
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DOI: 10.1007/s10143-021-01532-2
Abstract: There is paucity of evidence regarding relative performance of antibiotic-medicated (AM), silver-medicated (SM) and non-medicated (NM) ventricular catheters in controlling infection rate. We aim to quantitatively synthesize the current evidence after addition of the three-armed… read more here.
Keywords: analysis; medicated ventricular; evidence; trial sequential ... See more keywords
Enhanced wall shear stress prevents obstruction by astrocytes in ventricular catheters
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DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2019.0884
Abstract: The treatment of hydrocephalus often involves the placement of a shunt catheter into the cerebrospinal ventricular space, though such ventricular catheters often fail by tissue obstruction. While diverse cell types contribute to the obstruction, astrocytes… read more here.
Keywords: wall shear; obstruction astrocytes; shear stress; stress ... See more keywords