Acute Epidural Hematoma Following Ventriculo-Peritoneal(V-P) shunt Operation.
- Author:
Seon Gi KIM
1
;
Young Cho KOH
;
Cang Su UM
;
Chang Hyun KIM
;
Ho Kook LEE
;
Do Yun HWANG
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Kang-nam Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Shunt;
EDH;
Hydrocephalus;
Overdrainage;
Complication
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Catheters;
Epidural Space;
Female;
Hematoma*;
Humans;
Hydrocephalus;
Intracranial Pressure
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1996;25(4):861-865
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Ventriculo-peritoneal(V-P) shunt operation has been accepted as the most effective and safe procedure for the relief of increased intracranial pressure in hydrocephalic patients of various etiologies. A variety of complications have been reported in association with these relatively easy surgical procedures. Overdrainage induced effusions occur commonly in the subdural and rarely in the epidural spaces. Six cases of epidural hematoma(EDH) have been reported thus far in the literature following shunt operation remote from the catheter implantation. We report another case of this extremely rare complication of such procedures in a 16-year-old girl.
