Hydrocephalus
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with external drainage of cerebrospinal fluid from the ventral end of the ventricle are being accepted for shunting using an adjustable pressure shunt with a reservoir capsule, regardless of the manufacturer and type of shunt, male or female, age, or etiology of the hydrocephalus.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Those with abnormalities such as skin breakdown and erythema in the area related to the shunt and those who are unable to co-operate.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Diagnostic evaluation indicators (sensitivity, specificity, or area under the ROC curve, etc.);Observed quantitative indicators: Changes in proximal color following local temperature alteration of the shunt reservoir, and the speed of color migration after the change.;Observed qualitative indicators: Primary observation of the relationship between local temperature changes in the shunt reservoir and color changes on the infrared thermal imaging display.; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Sanbo Brain Hospital of Capital Medical University