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  Severe Traumatic Brain Injury and Ventriculoperitoneal shunt challenges: Case report in Abdalla Samir Nouh by Journal of Clinical Case Reports Medical Images and Health Sciences Introduction Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a challenging and complicated disease process to care for, despite the advance of technology used to monitor and guide treatment.  1 TBI is defined by an alteration in the brain function, or other evidence of brain pathology, caused by an external force. In this definition, the presence of confounding factors such as intoxication or medical illness does not preclude a diagnosis of TBI, although clinical judgment is used to decide whether the patient's symptoms are a consequence of the TBI. Additionally, this definition can include imaging or laboratory investigations.  2 As a silent epidemic, it is a critical public health and socio-economic issue across the world that contributes to death and disability more than any other traumatic insult. Globall...