Ventriculoperitoneal shunting with an on-off valve for patients with leptomeningeal metastases and intracranial hypertension.
Kristin M HuntoonJaime GascoIsabella C Glitza OlivaSherise D FergusonNazarin K MajdIan E McCutcheonPublished in: Neuro-oncology practice (2023)
This is the largest series reported to date of patients with LMD who had had shunts with on-off valves placed to relieve symptoms of intracranial hypertension. Use of IT chemotherapy and control of hydrocephalus via such shunts was associated with improved survival.
Keyphrases
- blood pressure
- aortic valve
- cerebrospinal fluid
- optic nerve
- mitral valve
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- aortic valve replacement
- locally advanced
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- free survival
- squamous cell carcinoma
- coronary artery disease
- heart failure
- brain injury
- radiation therapy
- left ventricular
- chemotherapy induced