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Unusual presentation of a common neurosurgical shunt procedure in an adult patient

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2022
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery is one of the treatments of hydrocephalus. It involves placing a shunt from the cerebral ventricles to the peritoneum serving as a drainage point.
Davaine Joel Ndongo Sonfack, Bilal Tarabay, Daniel Shedid, Sung-Joo Yuh   +3 more
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Trapped Fourth Ventricle in a Pediatric Patient With a History of Post‐Traumatic Hydrocephalus and Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: A Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Trapped fourth ventricle (TFV) is a rare, serious complication of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunting that can mimic posterior fossa tumors and cause life‐threatening brainstem compression. We report the case of a 7‐year‐old boy with a history of a VP shunt for post‐traumatic hydrocephalus who presented with progressive drowsiness and gait ...
Hamza M, Ibrahim M, Ullah I, Farhaj R, Bibi F, El Abdi K, Aslam B, Hassan V, Sadat S.   +8 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]

J Med Case Rep
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.
Cliett J, Lee M, Vale F, Macomson S.
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Distal Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Catheter Migration into the Pulmonary Vasculature and Cardiac Chamber: A Case Report

Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology, 2023
Ventriculoperitoneal shunting is the most common neurosurgical procedure for treatment of hydrocephalus. Shunt-related complications are relatively common and associated with a high rate of shunt revision.
Chae Bin Lee, Jongsoo Park
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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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Repeat fracture of shunts in ventriculoperitoneal shunting with pelvic migration: An African teen case report with literature review

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2022
Ventriculoperitoneal shunting is the most common procedure performed to cure hydrocephalus. It is also the most failure prone. Mechanical late complications as shunt fracture or shunt migration are fairly often common in childhood.
Alain Jibia, Blondel N. Oumarou, Mahamat Adoum, Serge Abogo, Serge Nga Nomo, Gisèle Chewa   +5 more
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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 ...
Juliano Nery Navarro, Renato , Andrade Chaves, Atiana Peres Vilasboas Alves, Francisco de Assis Ulisses Sampaio Junior, Mariano Ebram Fiore, Bartolomeu Souto Queiroz Quidute   +5 more
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Chronic Bilateral Calcified Subdural Empyema: An Unusual Complication of a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2020
Background and Importance: Subdural empyema is a rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunts. The ventriculoperitoneal shunt is a common technique used in the treatment of hydrocephalus.
Abdoulaye Diop, Mohameth Faye, Roger Ilunga Mulumba, Momar Codé Ba, Seydou Boubacar Badiane   +4 more
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Transanal Migration of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt

, 2023
Ventriculo-peritoneal (VP) shunt is a universally accepted, most commonly performed cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion procedure for hydrocephalus. However, the procedure is associated with wide variety of complications. Trans-anal extrusion of VP shunt
Manish , Ashok Gupta , Rahul Sharma
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Uncommon complications of ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery: review of four cases and literature review

Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2020
Background Ventriculoperitoneal shunt is one of the most popular cerebrospinal fluid diversion procedures worldwide. Complications are common, but uncommon complications are rarely reported in the literature making a standardized guideline on management ...
Aliyu Muhammad Koko, Nasiru Jinjiri Ismail, Ali Lasseini, Sahabi M. Saddiku   +3 more
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