The cerebrospinal fluid shunts / Dimitris Kombogiorgas, editor.

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THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS ; THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; FOREWORD ; REFERENCE ; PREFACE ; CONTRIBUTORS LIST ; Chapter 1 HISTORICAL VIGNETTES ON THE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL TREATMENT OF HYDROCEPHALUS ; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION ; EARLY HISTORY ; Greco-Roman Era -- circa 450 B.C. -- 600 A.D. ; The Renaissance -- Anatomical Dissection Re-Discovered and Applied to Medical Practice ; 18th Century Medicine and Hydrocephalus -- A better understanding of CSF and hydrocephalus

Surgical Treatment of Hydrocephalus: An Evolution in Technique CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 2 PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID: PRESSURE, FORMATION, COMPOSITION, FLOW AND REABSORPTION ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE, SHUNTING AND CLINICAL MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES ; REVISITING THE MONRO-KELLIE DOCTRINE ; CHOROID PLEXUS: FUNCTIONAL ANALOGY TO OTHER ORGANS ; CHOROID PLEXUS: GENERATOR OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID AND INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE ; ONTOGENY OF CHOROID PLEXUS MATURATION AND START OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SECRETION

NEUROSURGICAL EVIDENCE THAT CHOROID PLEXUS IS THE CHIEF GENERATOR OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID AND INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE CHOROIDAL VS. EXTRACHOROIDAL SOURCES OF FLUID IN CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ; MODULATION OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FORMATION RATE BY NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND NEUROHORMONES ; DOES CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FORMATION RATE DECREASE IN HYDROCEPHALUS? ; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID COMPOSITION: CHANGES WITH AGE, DISEASE AND SHUNTING ; i) Fetal life ; ii) Adulthood ; iii) Aging and Senescence ; COMPOSITION OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID IN HYDROCEPHALUS SHUNTING SYSTEMS

ROUTES FOR CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW IN ADULTS: NORMAL VS. HYDROCEPHALUS i) Main CSF Flow Pathway in Health; ii) Alternate Flow Pathways in Hydrocephalus ; DRIVING FORCES FOR CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW ; i) Cilia ; ii) CSF-Venous Pressure Gradients ; iii) Arterial and Respiratory Pulsations ; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW RATE: IMPACT ON BRAIN METABOLISM AND FUNCTIONS ; PATHWAYS FOR CEREBROSPINAL FLUID REABSORPTION ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 3 DYNAMICS OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OBSERVATIONS OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID MOVEMENT MODELS OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW ; FLUID FLOW WITHIN THE BRAIN ; THE ANSWER TO THE TWO QUESTIONS AND THE POROELASTIC MODEL ; Limitation of Models ; Treatment of Hydrocephalus ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 4 TYPES AND COMPONENTS OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION; Definition of Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt ; PROXIMAL CATHETERS ; Ventricular Catheters of Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt ; Shape ; Length ; Internal and External Diameter ; Plasticity (Stiffness) ; Tip Configuration

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