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Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt

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Catheters* ; Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt*

The authors report 2 cases of pseudotumor cerebri in which ventriculoperitoneal shunting procedures have been performed to relieve intracranial hypertensions, and satisfactory results have been obtained.
Pseudotumor Cerebri* ; Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt*

The intraphepatic migration of a distal ventriculopritoneal shunt tube(Accu-flo shunt system medium pressure) is reported. This is rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt, which was diagnosed by abdominal computed tomography. To our knowledge, this is the third reported case complication with migration of a peritoneal shunt tube into the liver.
Catheters* ; Liver ; Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt

During the period 1993-1998, 668 cases of hydrocephalus, included 351 male and 137 female patients with age ranged from 5 days to 72 years, were operated using method of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt at the Department of Neurosurgery of St.Paul Hospital, Hµ Néi. The author reported use of a modified surgical technique, analysed post-operative complications and methods for managing these complications
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt ; diagonosis ; complications

There are a number of complications associated with ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) surgery. The authors present a rare case of iatrogenic common carotid artery injury during VPS surgery.
Carotid Artery, Common* ; Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt*

During the period from November 1982 to April 1986, a radioisotope cisternography was conducted on 29 patients with hydrocephalus at Seoul National University Hospital, and a ventriculoperitoneal shunting was performed on 15 patients. To correlate the preoperative radioisotope cisternography patterns with the results of ventriculoperitoneal shunting, we classified the radioisotope cisternography findings into five patterns and compared them with the surgical results. The cisternographic patterns are as follows: Type I: No ventricular activity, normal migration, Type II: No ventricular activity, delayed migration, Type III-A: Transient ventricular activity, clearance by usual migration, Type III-B: Transient ventricular activity, clearance without usual migration, Type IV: Persistent ventricular activity, inadequate clerance. All patients operated on were Type III(seven patients) or Type IV(eight patients). Of the eight Type IV patients, seven (88%) showed clinical improvements within two weeks after the shunting, while an improvement occurred in only one (14%) of seven Type III patients. We have concluded that when there is a prolonged ventricular retention of the isotope, the surgical shunting is successful suggesting that the radioisotope cisternography has a significant preoperative prognostic value.
Humans ; Hydrocephalus ; Seoul ; Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt

Three cases of pontine hematoma accompanied by serious neurological symptoms with coma were treated surgically. All patients underwent suboccipital craniectomy with removal of hematoma and subsequently ventriculoperitoneal shunts were needed in all cases. Postoperatively all cases showed improvement with some neurological sequelae remained. Most of untreated pontine hematoma may be fatal, whereas surgical evacuation of the hematoma is safe and promising. We emphasize surgical treatment of pontine hematoma should be considered in any cases though they show serious neurological deficits.
Coma ; Hematoma* ; Humans ; Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt

We have been experienced a case of malfunction of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt(Uni-shunt) due to acute appendicitis. The peritoneal tip seemed to be obstructed by inflammatory reaction around the diseased appendix. After appendectomy and reposition of the peritoneal tip to the left side, the shunting function returned to normal. We have reported the case and discussed the various causes of the malfunction of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt.
Appendectomy ; Appendicitis* ; Appendix ; Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt*

Although the ventriculo-peritoneal shunt is the treatment of choice when hydrocephalus should be corrected, the ventriculo-atrial shunt still holds strong alternative when the peritonium is precluded due to the several reasons. During the ventriculo-atrial shunt operation, it is not always easy to dissect and find the corresponding venous structures. In this technical note, the author describes a simple method of percutaneous insertion for placement of the atrial end.
Catheters* ; Cerebrospinal Fluid ; Hydrocephalus ; Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt