A Proposed Protective Protocol Predicting Reduction of Shunt Infection.

Objective: To identify the best protective interventions against shunt infection and, hence, to find an appropriate protocol assumed to be associated with reduction of infection rates.

Methods: A combined prospective-retrospective cohort study was conducted over a period of 5 years in 3 referral hospitals. Twelve interventions against infection practiced by blinded surgeons during ventriculoperitoneal shunt operations were surveyed and their association with the outcome of interest (i.

Clinicopathological features and treatment outcomes of brain stem gliomas in Saudi population.

Aim: To analyze experiences to identify treatment outcomes and prognostic factors in a Saudi population.

Methods: Medical records of patients with brainstem gliomas treated from July 2001 to December 2012 were reviewed to identify treatment outcomes of surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy and associated prognostic factors in a Saudi population.

Results: We analyzed 49 brain stem glioma (BSG) patients from July 2001 to December 2012; 31 of them were males (63.