S S Rengachary1. 1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota Hospital, Minneapolis, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE: This report describes an important technical modification in ventriculoperitoneal shunting. CLINICAL PRESENTATION: A young woman presented with shunt malfunction caused by occlusion of the peritoneal catheter. Conventional sites for placement of distal catheter were unavailable or had been used up. INTERVENTION: After the installation of a ventriculopleural shunt resulted in pleural effusion, it was converted to a transdiaphragmatic ventriculoperitoneal shunt, resulting in an excellent clinical outcome. CONCLUSION: The suprahepatic subdiaphragmatic space can be directly accessed in some selected patients with extensive peritoneal adhesions, resulting in successful ventriculoperitoneal shunting.
OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE: This report describes an important technical modification in ventriculoperitoneal shunting. CLINICAL PRESENTATION: A young woman presented with shunt malfunction caused by occlusion of the peritoneal catheter. Conventional sites for placement of distal catheter were unavailable or had been used up. INTERVENTION: After the installation of a ventriculopleural shunt resulted in pleural effusion, it was converted to a transdiaphragmatic ventriculoperitoneal shunt, resulting in an excellent clinical outcome. CONCLUSION: The suprahepatic subdiaphragmatic space can be directly accessed in some selected patients with extensive peritoneal adhesions, resulting in successful ventriculoperitoneal shunting.
Authors: Hamilton Matushita; Daniel Cardeal; Fernando Campos Pinto; Jose Pindaro Pereira Plese; Jocielle Santos de Miranda Journal: Childs Nerv Syst Date: 2008-04-24 Impact factor: 1.475