BACKGROUND The common treatment for hydrocephalus is insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt.Shunt tube displacement is one of the common complications.Most shunt tube displacements occur in children and has a repor...BACKGROUND The common treatment for hydrocephalus is insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt.Shunt tube displacement is one of the common complications.Most shunt tube displacements occur in children and has a reportedly lower incidence in adults.CASE SUMMARY This study reports an adult patient(male,56 years)who suffered from intracranial aneurysm and subarachnoid hemorrhage and underwent aneurysm clipping following hospitalization.One month post onset of the disease,the patient underwent ventriculoperitoneal shunt due to hydrocephalus.The peritoneal end of the shunt tube was displaced in the peritoneal cavity 9 years after the aneurysm clipping.The peritoneal end of the shunt tube was removed and ventriculoperitoneal shunt was re-performed after anti-inflammatory treatment.CONCLUSION Shunt tube displacement has a low incidence in adults.In order to avoid shunt tube displacement,there is a need to summarize its causative factors and practice personalized medicine.展开更多
Pleural involvement of cryptococcal infection is uncommon and is more commonly observed in immunocompromised hosts than in immunocompetent ones.Pleural involvement in cryptococcal infections can manifest with or witho...Pleural involvement of cryptococcal infection is uncommon and is more commonly observed in immunocompromised hosts than in immunocompetent ones.Pleural involvement in cryptococcal infections can manifest with or without pleural effusion.The presence of Cryptococcus spp.in the effusion or pleura is required for the diagnosis of cryptococcal pleural infection,which is commonly determined by pleural biopsy,fluid culture,and/or detection of cryptococcal antigen in the pleura or pleural fluid.展开更多
Summary: In the experimental study on the electrophysiology and functions of heart in the animal, the thorax should be opened to expose the heart, at the same time natural breathing is maintained instead of artificial...Summary: In the experimental study on the electrophysiology and functions of heart in the animal, the thorax should be opened to expose the heart, at the same time natural breathing is maintained instead of artificial breathing. The key procedure of this new method is to avoid injuring the pleural cavity, so pneumothorax can be prevented. By means of this new method some subject studies have been finished.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81773161 and No.81572472.
文摘BACKGROUND The common treatment for hydrocephalus is insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt.Shunt tube displacement is one of the common complications.Most shunt tube displacements occur in children and has a reportedly lower incidence in adults.CASE SUMMARY This study reports an adult patient(male,56 years)who suffered from intracranial aneurysm and subarachnoid hemorrhage and underwent aneurysm clipping following hospitalization.One month post onset of the disease,the patient underwent ventriculoperitoneal shunt due to hydrocephalus.The peritoneal end of the shunt tube was displaced in the peritoneal cavity 9 years after the aneurysm clipping.The peritoneal end of the shunt tube was removed and ventriculoperitoneal shunt was re-performed after anti-inflammatory treatment.CONCLUSION Shunt tube displacement has a low incidence in adults.In order to avoid shunt tube displacement,there is a need to summarize its causative factors and practice personalized medicine.
文摘Pleural involvement of cryptococcal infection is uncommon and is more commonly observed in immunocompromised hosts than in immunocompetent ones.Pleural involvement in cryptococcal infections can manifest with or without pleural effusion.The presence of Cryptococcus spp.in the effusion or pleura is required for the diagnosis of cryptococcal pleural infection,which is commonly determined by pleural biopsy,fluid culture,and/or detection of cryptococcal antigen in the pleura or pleural fluid.
文摘Summary: In the experimental study on the electrophysiology and functions of heart in the animal, the thorax should be opened to expose the heart, at the same time natural breathing is maintained instead of artificial breathing. The key procedure of this new method is to avoid injuring the pleural cavity, so pneumothorax can be prevented. By means of this new method some subject studies have been finished.
