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Scrotal migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2014
A 1-year-old male child with type II Chiari malformation who underwent ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt placement 11 months ago presented with right scrotal swelling. Frontal radiograph of the chest and abdomen (figure 1) showed the shunt tube in the abdomen which was twisted and kinked in its mid portion and its distal end coiled in the right scrotum.
Ramakrishna Narayanan, Balasubramanyam Shankar, Chaitanya Dattatray Kulkarni, Samir Mustaffa Paruthikunnan   +3 more
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Distal subgaleal-peritoneal shunt migration into the abdominal wall with subsequent formation of a pre-peritoneal pseudocyst: a rare complication. [PDF]

, 2010
Distal ventriculo-peritoneal shunt migration and extra-peritoneal CSF pseudocyst formation are unusual complications of shunt placement. We present a 65-year-old-female who received a subgaleal-peritoneal shunt to decompress a post-surgical subgaleal ...
Carmel, Peter W, Mammis, Antonios, Singh, Rahul, Thaker, Nikhil G, Yanni, Daniel S   +4 more
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Outcomes of ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion in the management of idiopathic intracranial hypertension in children [PDF]

, 2017
Purpose The ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt has become the procedure of choice for treatment of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). We aimed to assess the efficacy of frameless stereotactic placement of VP shunts for the management of ...
Amato-Watkins, Anthony, Bhatti, Irfan, Gibbon, Frances, Heyman, James, Leach, Paul, te Water Naude, Johann, Ved, Ronak   +6 more
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Gastrostomy tube placement increases the risk of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection: a multiinstitutional study.

Journal of Neurosurgery, 2019
OBJECTIVEGastrostomy tube placement can temporarily seed the peritoneal cavity with bacteria and thus theoretically increases the risk of shunt infection when the two procedures are performed contemporaneously.
W. Al-Holou, T. Wilson, Zarina S Ali, R. Brennan, K. Bridges, Tannaz Guivatchian, Ghaith Habboub, A. Krishnaney, G. Lanzino, Kendall A Snyder, Tracy M. Flanders, Khoi D. Than, A. Pandey   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Fracture into the Abdominal Cavity and the Presence of A Retroauricular Pseudocyst Are Diagnostic of A Partial Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Dysfunction

Acta Medica Bulgarica
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction is frequently observed, with the ventriculoperitoneal shunt fracture being a prevalent etiology. The occurrence of ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction is approximately 40% in the first year after implantation and
Bal’afif F., Wibowo O., Nazwar T. A., Wardhana D. W., Mustofa M.   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Randomized trial of shunt infection rates comparing intraoperative Vancomycin versus Gentamicin in ventriculoperitoneal shunt system preparation

Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2023
Background Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is the mainstay of surgical management of patients with hydrocephalus. The insertion of ventriculoperitoneal shunt may be accompanied by many potentially life-threatening complications including shunt infection.
Surajudeen A. Olomo, Joseph O. Obande, Gyang M. Bot, Peter O. Binitie   +3 more
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Managing hydrocephalus in patients with leptomeningeal disease: A multicenter retrospective analysis

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
What's New? Leptomeningeal disease is a highly palliative condition of tumor cell seeding that can cause symptomatic hydrocephalus. This multi‐center retrospective study of patients with leptomeningeal disease‐associated hydrocephalus compared the placement of ventriculoperitoneal shunts and Rickham reservoirs for cerebrospinal fluid drainage.
Obada T. Alhalabi, Lukas Klein, David Wasilewski, Amine Mellal, Carmen Büsken, Clara Buszello, Giulia Cossu, Ilker Y. Eyüpoglu, Andreas W. Unterberg, Peter Vajkoczy, Gabriele Schackert, Mahmoud Messerer, Martin Misch, Tobias Kessler, Wolfgang Wick, Christine Jungk, Ahmed El Damaty, Sandro M. Krieg, Tareq A. Juratli, Alexander Younsi   +19 more
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Huge abdominal cerebrospinal fluid pseudocyst following ventriculoperitoneal shunt: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2019
Introduction Abdominal pseudocysts comprising cerebrospinal fluid are an uncommon but significant complication in patients with ventriculoperitoneal shunt.
Yasuhiro Koide, Takaaki Osako, Masahiro Kameda, Hiromi Ihoriya, Hirotsugu Yamamoto, Noritomo Fujisaki, Toshiyuki Aokage, Tetsuya Yumoto, Isao Date, Hiromichi Naito, Atsunori Nakao   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Point‐Counterpoint: Adult patients in children's hospitals

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Adults continue to be admitted to children's hospitals for a variety of reasons. But should they? Transfer from the pediatric to adult hospital setting is the standard of high‐quality care for any young adult. Adult hospitalists are equipped to care for these patients.
Meg Groom, Ruchi Doshi, Rachel Peterson, Ashley Jenkins   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ventriculoperitoneal shunt failure and infection: a retrospective review at Queen Mary Hospital [PDF]

, 2008
Oral Poster Paper IBACKGROUND: Ventriculoperitoneal shunting is a commonly performed procedure for diversion of cerebrospinal fluid. However shunt failure and infection results in significant morbidity and repeated operations.
Leung, G, Wong, PHD
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