Assertion: shunt | /r/HasProperty | placed
Facets:
value: more centrally
type: DEGREE
value: during childhood
type: TEMPORAL
value: originally
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: About 10 percent of patients show some improvement soon after a shunt is placed, but show less of a long-term response.
text: NINDS-funded scientists are attempting to identify and describe all the microorganisms present in CSF when shunts are placed, revised, and infected in order to improve prevention and treatment of CSF shunt infection.
text: Decline in academic performance Return of symptoms that were present before shunt was placed
text: When the shunt is placed, the catheter must pass through normal brain tissue to reach the fluid cavity (ventricle).
text: When the shunt is placed, the catheter must pass through normal brain tissue to reach the fluid cavity (ventricle).
text: A shunt may be placed to relieve pressure from hydrocephalus, for example.
text: Shunts are very durable, but their components can become disengaged or fractured as a result of wear or as a child grows, and occasionally they dislodge from where they were originally placed.
text: After it has been determined where there is fluid buildup in the brain, the shunt is placed and then tunneled into an area of the body where it can drain the excess fluid.
text: The goal of treatment when a shunt is placed is to drain the right amount of fluid out of the brain's ventricles, and also ensure that no fluid flows back up the shunt and into the brain.
text: Blockage of the distal catheter can occur as a result of body growth (if the shunt was placed during childhood), adhesions within the abdominal cavity, especially when associated with a low grade infection, pregnancy, and occasionally constipation.
text: There are many causes of shunt failure: blood, organ tissue, clots, or bacteria may block the shunt; the area where the shunt is placed may become infected, necessitating the removal of the shunt and implantation of a new one; the shunt may also not work properly by draining too much or too little cerebrospinal fluid, leaving the hydrocephalus untreated.
text: Although this is the usual procedure when a shunt is placed, each individual may have a slightly different experience based upon their neurosurgeon, hospital, and their particular medical needs.
text: Potential advantages of this approach are, first, that the shunt can be placed more centrally, facilitating access during further procedures through the midline, and second, that entry to the pleural space is avoided.
text: When infection or disease causes an excess of CSF in the ventricles, the shunt is placed to drain it and thereby relieve excess pressure.