Ventriculovesical shunt. Technical note.
A patient is reported whose hydrocephalus was controlled by diverting the ventricular cerebrospinal fluid directly into the urinary bladder. This drainage route may have a useful place in the management of the adult pressure-sensitive patient whose more conventional shunt requires frequent revision for repeated obstruction.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery