The association of COVID-19 with increased pediatric ventriculoatrial shunt failures: a national retrospective cohort.

Objective: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the authors' institution managed ventriculoatrial (VA) shunt complications in 2 teenage patients in close proximity to a symptomatic COVID-19 infection. Systemic thrombotic events are an established complication of COVID-19 infection due to a hypercoagulable state. Thrombotic complications, particularly elevated central venous pressure, can cause VA shunt failure.

Presentation and management of nervous system cavernous malformations in children: A systematic review and case report.

Cerebral cavernous malformations (CMs) are slow-flow vascular lesions that affect up to 0.5% of the pediatric population. These lesions are at risk for hemorrhage, causing seizures, and leading to neurological deficits.

Practice Variation in Utilization of Flap or Graft Reconstruction Among Veterans Affairs Surgeons After Extirpation of Keratinocyte Carcinoma on the Nose.

Background: Practice variation has been well documented across the US health care system but has not been explored in reconstructive surgical choice after keratinocyte carcinoma (KC) extirpation.

Objective: Assess practice variation in utilization of complex (flap or graft) reconstruction after excision of KC on the nose among a multidisciplinary group of reconstructive surgeons (Mohs micrographic and plastic surgery).

Materials And Methods: A randomly selected subset of surgically treated, routine, primary, invasive KCs on the nose between 2000 to 2012 at the Veterans Affairs (VA)-Boston Healthcare System were assessed.

Evaluation of Risk of Gastrostomy and Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement in Pediatric Patients: A Systematic Review of the Literature.

A subset of patients with neurologic deficits require ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) placement in addition to gastrostomy tubes (GTs). At present, the literature is inconsistent with respect to the sequence and time period between procedures that yields the lowest risk profile for GT and VPS placement. The purpose of this systematic literature review was to determine if time elapsed between VPS and GT placement was associated with infection (peritoneal and/or CSF).