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SING INTRAOPERATIVE TOPICAL ANTIBIOTIC INJECTION AROUND THE HEAD END AND THE ABDOMINAL END OFVENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT IN REDUCTION OF SHUNTINFECTION.

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: G919- Hydrocephalus, unspecified
Registration Number
CTRI/2023/05/052735
Lead Sponsor
eurosurgery AIIMS
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

Patients of any age with the confirmed diagnosis of hydrocephalus requiring VP shunt placement to improve patientsâ?? neurological outcome. The diagnosis of hydrocephalus will be based on clinical (features of raised ICP, enlarging head and dilated scalp veins in children, papilledema, etc) and radiological indicators of hydrocephalus (dilated ventricles) in CTs and/or MRIs.

Exclusion Criteria

ï?· Patients undergoing ventriculoperitoneal shunt

revision with a previous history of shunt infection.

ï?· Patients with deranged renal function test.

ï?· Patients with associated major comorbidities (e.g.,

congenital anomalies like Tetralogy of Fallot, renal agenesis, etc.) that need prolonged medical or surgical intervention because they may affect neurosurgical outcomes.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
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