#VPShunt
6/ The main outcomes were:

🧷 safety (🦠, new 🩸 or ischemia)

🎇 efficacy (outcomes @ 6 months, #VPShunt need, spasm, #DIND)

September 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
11/
👉⬆️ CSF drainage may actually be harmful, and was identified as a risk factor for #VPShunt dependency

👉Dual drainage did not improve outcomes or mortality
September 30, 2026 at 8:01 PM
9/ What about efficacy?

🚫 significant difference in vasospasm between groups
🚫 significant difference in need for #VPShunt – however, higher CSF drainage was identified as a possible risk factor
🚫 difference in ☠️
🚫 difference in outcomes
September 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
12/ I think the most interesting concept is that ⬆️ CSF output ➡️ > #VPShunt dependency. Is this a pt who cannot reabsorb CSF (a signal), or is over-drainage leading to impaired re-establishment of reabsorption pathways?

Certainly more to come with future studies!
September 30, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Hydrocephalus: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
#Hydrocephalus #VPShunt #Neuro #VikaasShandily
July 1, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Ventricular Drains (EVD & VP Shunt): Indications, Nursing Care, ICP Monitoring & Complications
#VentricularDrain #EVD #VPShunt #Neurosurgery #VikaasShandily
February 7, 2026 at 11:09 PM
New party trick…my skull/scalp is now a barometer. I get a tightness/tingling where the shunt is when it’s going to rain. Feeling it today. #brainsurgerysurvivor #vpshunt #humanbarometer
July 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
My son has something called a #Pseudomeningocele … and his shunt is already at the “highest” setting (lowest setting cus shunt settings are weird); any other #vpshunt ppl know what they do? This is Post craniotomy for chiari, see dr this Fri to discuss but this mamas anxious
January 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM