Table 2 Ventricular dilatation and outcome in hydrocephalic sheep with shunt treatment
From: Pre- and post-shunting observations in adult sheep with kaolin-induced hydrocephalus
Sheep # | Post kaolin day shunted | Post kaolin day of sacrifice | Ventricle enlargement Ratio V/C* | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Controls | Â | Â | None | Non-treated normal animals |
(0.030) | ||||
None | ||||
(0.028) | ||||
77R | 7 | 16 | Moderate | Found dead; shunt failure - choroid plexus ingrowth |
(0.180) | ||||
78R | 7 | 15 | Moderate | Shunt failure - choroid plexus ingrowth / hemorrhage |
(0.129) | ||||
194R | 7 | 63 | Moderate | Shunt failure - choroid plexus ingrowth |
(0.113) | ||||
162R# | 7 | 126 | Mild | Shunt tip in choroid plexus / occlusion |
(0.089) | ||||
102S | 6 | 6 | Â | Problems with shunt insertion |
113S | 6 | 6 | Â | Intraoperative hemorrhage |
118S | 6 | 8 | Mild | Meningitis and ventriculitis; catheter occluded by inflammatory cells |
(ND)** | ||||
28S# | 6 | 84 | Mild | Shunt failure - choroid plexus ingrowth |
(0.059) | ||||
75S | 7 | 10 | Mild | Asymmetric enlargement of ventricles, blood in CSF, ventriculitis, catheter occluded by inflammatory cells and blood |
(0.053) | ||||
115S# | 7 | 84 | Moderate | Shunt failure - choroid plexus ingrowth |
(0.152) | ||||
5S | 7 | 11 | Mild | Shunt failure - misplacement of catheter |
(0.062) | ||||
104S | 7 | 9 | Moderate | Intraventricular / intraparenchymal hemorrhage; ventricular catheter unobstructed |
(0.115) | ||||
129S | 8 | 17 | Mild | Shunt patent |
(0.077) | ||||
0379 | 8 | 13 | Mild | Ventriculitis, meningitis; shunt occluded by hemorrhagic material and bacterial debris |
(0.074) | ||||
7023# | 8 | 63 | Mild | Shunt patent |
(0.063) | ||||
47# | 14 | 77 | None 0.024) | Brain tissue growth into shunt |