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Complete Intraventricular Migration of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: Once in a Blue Moon Phenomenon of Shunt Surgery

Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
Shunt surgery is a very common neurosurgical procedure for hydrocephalus. It is associated with numerous complications, and intraventricular shunt migration is one of rarest. Various mechanisms have been described to explain this rare entity.
Vikrant Yadav, Ravi Shankar Prasad
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Journal club: role of endoscopic third ventriculostomy and ventriculoperitoneal shunt in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: preliminary results of a randomized clinical trial. [PDF]

, 2013
1. Significance/Context and Importance of the Study: Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH) was first defined by Hakim and colleagues in 19651, and its symptoms later classified by the clinical triad of gait dysfunction, urinary incontinence ...
Ghobrial, MD, George M, Lang, MD, Michael J.   +1 more
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Ventriculoperitoneal shunt migration into rectus femoris muscle

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2018
Shunt migration is a rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts in the treatment of hydrocephalus. This case highlights the migration of a VP shunt through the abdominal wall into the rectus femoris muscle of a 4-year-old girl.
Michelle Lyman, Kristina Langenborg, Bret Kricun, Daniel Relles   +3 more
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Hydrocele following placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt case report [PDF]

, 1990
José Sena Calvário, Eliseu Paolioli Neto   +1 more
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Peritoneal metastasis of a cerebellar medulloblastoma through a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: A case report

Radiology Case Reports
Medulloblastoma is a frequent and aggressive pediatric tumor. It causes intracranial hypertension, necessitating ventriculoperitoneal shunting with surgical resection.
Ranya Aqamour, Mohammed Leknani, Siham Nasri, Imane Kamaoui, Imane Skiker   +4 more
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Cervical compressive myelopathy caused by malfunction of a programmable cerebrospinal fluid shunt valve

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2018
The primary treatment for hydrocephalus is ventricular shunt placement, and a programmable valve is widely used for ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt surgery to reduce over/under drainage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
Kota Sato, Toru Yamashita, Keichiro Tsunoda, Mami Takemoto, Nozomi Hishikawa, Jinwei Shang, Yasuyuki Ohta, Ken Kuwahara, Takao Yasuhara, Isao Date, Koji Abe   +10 more
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Contralateral Extradural Haematoma after Insertion of a Programmable-Valve Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt [PDF]

, 1999
Dominic Power, Farouk Ali-Khan, Martin Drage   +2 more
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Ventriculoperitoneal shunting

Asian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2016
Tin, Sim Sai, Wiwanitkit, Viroj
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EXTRADURAL HAEMATOMA FOLLOWING VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNTING [PDF]

, 2000
HS Bhatoe, Narayanan Kannan
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A simple method to reduce infection of ventriculoperitoneal shunts Clinical article [PDF]

, 2010
Object: Postoperative shunt infection is the most common and feared complication of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt placement for treatment of hydrocephalus. The rate of shunt infection is highest in the 1st postoperative month. The most common organisms
Bashir, Hassaan H., Gupta, Vikas, Rehman, Atiq-ur, Rehman, Tausif-ur   +3 more
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