Preface

Shunt infections are a serious complication of shunt therapy

How to treat shunt infections

Antibiotic-impregnated catheters (AICs)

Summary

Foreword

The LP shunt in the context of other approaches to hydrocephalus therapy

Hydrostatics and Hydrodynamics in the LP Shunt: Hydrostatic Pressure, Siphon Effect and Overdrainage

Conclusion

The status quo is evolving!

Technical requirements for the measurement of intracranial pressures

Interpretation of intracranial pressure curves

Prologue

Technical Limits and General Limitations of Conventional ICP Sensors

The Pioneering Field of Telemetric Pressure Sensors

User Survey (PMCF): Use of the M.scio in Clinical Environments and Research

Conclusion

Are fluids just fluids

CSF - a fluid like any other?

Hydrodynamics in the shunt system - is pressure just pressure?

A look back at the last 70 years of over- and underdrainage in shunts

Underdrainage - definition, effects and therapeutic approaches

Overdrainage - what are the reasons behind it?

Over- and underdrainage is unavoidable! Why?

Is an LP shunt the solution to the issue of overdrainage, or not?

Gravitational technology: a solution?