Partial Obstruction of Ventricular Catheters Affects Performance in a New Catheter Obstruction Model of Hydrocephalus

• Main Authors: Seunghyun Lee (Author), Michael Vinzani (Author), Bianca Romero (Author), Alvin Y. Chan (Author), Leandro Castañeyra-Ruiz (Author), Michael Muhonen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Objective: One of the major causes of cerebral ventricular shunt failure is proximal catheter occlusion. We describe a novel ventricular cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow replicating system that assesses pressure and flow responses to varying degrees of catheter occlusion. Methods: Ventricular catheter...