Publications by authors named "Kathryn A Beauchamp"
Background/aims: The management of extracerebral collections of fluid in patients with hydrocephalus can be problematic for either their simultaneous separate management or sequential management, each of which may require multiple surgeries and the management of external drains. The object of this report is to review the experience with a shunt configuration that simultaneously diverts ventricular fluid and extracerebral fluid, whether subdural or subarachnoid in location, through different outflow resistances.
Methods: The medical records, including neuroimaging of patients with hydrocephalus and clinically significant extracerebral collections of low density who were managed by implanting a differential pressure type shunt, were retrospectively reviewed.