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Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Migration [PDF]

Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2017
History of present illness: A 40-year-old female presented to our ED with left upper abdominal pain and flank pain. The pain had begun suddenly 2 hours prior when she was reaching into a freezer to get a bag of frozen vegetables.
Justin P Puller, Jonathan T Miller
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Early Complications of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt in Pediatric Patients With Hydrocephalus [PDF]

Cureus, 2021
Objective Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) is the most commonly used procedure for the treatment of hydrocephalus (HDC), especially in children. However, this is prone to many complications, and requires repeated surgeries, which as such increases the ...
Bilal I Khan, Saima Hamayun, Usman Haqqani, Khalid Khanzada, Sajjad Ullah, R. Khattak, Nasrullah Zadran, Zohra Bibi, Abdul Wali Khan   +8 more
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Ventriculoperitoneal shunt complications: A review

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2018
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) placement is one of the most commonly performed neurosurgical procedures and is necessary to treat most forms of hydrocephalus.
Michelle Paff, M.D., Daniela Alexandru-Abrams, M.D., Michael Muhonen, M.D., William Loudon, M.D., Ph.D.   +3 more
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Silver-impregnated, antibiotic-impregnated or non-impregnated ventriculoperitoneal shunts to prevent shunt infection: the BASICS three-arm RCT

Health Technology Assessment, 2020
Background: Insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt to treat hydrocephalus is one of the most common neurosurgical procedures worldwide. Shunt infection affects up to 15% of patients, resulting in long hospital stays, multiple surgeries and reduced ...
Conor L Mallucci, Michael D Jenkinson, Elizabeth J Conroy, John C Hartley, Michaela Brown, Tracy Moitt, Joanne Dalton, Tom Kearns, Michael J Griffiths, Giovanna Culeddu, Tom Solomon, Dyfrig Hughes, Carrol Gamble, the BASICS study collaborators   +13 more
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First reported case of abdominal Nocardia pseudocyst in the setting of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: a case report and review of literature [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Introduction Ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement is a common neurosurgical procedure that is used to divert cerebrospinal fluid from the ventricular system to the peritoneal cavity to alleviate hydrocephalus.
Jacob Cliett, Matthew Lee, Fernando Vale, Samuel Macomson   +3 more
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VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT INFECTIONS [PDF]

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2006
Central nervous system (CNS) shunt infection is a cause of significant morbidity, causing shunt malfunction and chronic ill health. This study was carried out to evaluate the infection rate associated with CNS shunts, assess the frequency of the pathogens as well as their antibiotic sensitivity pattern aiming at suitable prophylaxis.
P Sarguna, V. V. Lakshmi
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Ventriculoperitoneal shunt.

AORN Journal, 2018
Background: Cerebrospinal fluid shunting is the most commonly performed surgical procedure in the management of hydrocephalus. Although frequently performed, this procedure is not free of complications. Case description: We report a case of non-described shunt migration, in which the ventricle-peritoneal catheter, at the mediastinum level, crosses to ...
Lisa Hauk
semanticscholar   +5 more sources

Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculitis in a child [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2007
Enterococci are an uncommon cause of CNS infection. A 20 month-old boy, diagnosed with hydrocephalus with ventriculoperitoneal shunt and history of lengthy hospitalization and use of wide spectrum antibiotics, was admitted to the pediatric intensive care
Paulo Sérgio Lucas da Silva, Henrique Monteiro Neto, Lílian Márcia Sejas   +2 more
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Upward spontaneous migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt into the heart: A case report summary [PDF]

Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research, 2022
A male infant with a history of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) implantation due to congenital hydrocephalus presented with fever and lethargy at the age of 8 month-old.
Shamsi Ghaffari, Khosro Hashemzadeh, Mahmood Samadi, Akbar Molaei, Sahar Sadeghi, Ahmad Jamei Khosroshahi   +5 more
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Incidental Detection of Post-cholecystectomy Lemmel Syndrome With Burr Hole Plating and Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: A Cadaveric Case Report of Quadruple Pathology and Clinico-Pathophysiological Correlation. [PDF]

Cureus
Sanyal S, Affana M, Adegbite AA, Amodu OD, Ayiku VK.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources