title: Treatment of hydrocephalus with high-pressure valve ventriculoperitoneal shunt in a dog.
abstract: A 5-month-old male Maltese with right-sided circling, deafness, and blindness was presented. A diagnosis of communicating hydrocephalus was made. A ventriculoperitoneal shunt was implanted and the cerebrospinal fluid was drained by using an adjustable valve type (Medtronic Strata). The valve was set at 2.5 (135-155 mmH2O). This was done to prevent the possibility of an overdrainage-induced collapse of the brain parenchyma, which can occur rarely when canine hydrocephalus is treated by using a low-pressure valve. Computed tomography performed 6 weeks and 1 year after surgery revealed the ventricles had decreased in size. Thus, a high-pressure valve used during the treatment of hydrocephalus was able to maintain normal intracranial pressure.
authors: Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Veterinary Medical Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Korea.
authors: Jong Min
authors: JM
authors: Kim
authors: Jinuk
authors: J
authors: Park
authors: Ji-Hye
authors: JH
authors: Kim
authors: Tae Sung
authors: TS
authors: Han
authors: Dongwoo
authors: D
authors: Chang
authors: Ki-Jeong
authors: KJ
authors: Na
authors: Seok Hwa
authors: SH
authors: Choi
authors: Gonhyung
authors: G
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*