title: Ventriculoscope-guided ventriculoperitoneal shunt and shunt revision. Technical note.
abstract: A new small, flexible fiberoptic ventriculoscope for the accurate positioning of a ventricular catheter tip has been developed. The technique for ventriculoscope-guided ventriculoperitoneal shunt and shunt revision is described. The ventricular catheter can easily be positioned away from the choroid plexus. Choroid plexus adhering to the shunt tube can be coagulated during shunt revision. This procedure can thus prevent an obstruction of the ventricular catheter by an adherent choroid plexus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagasaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomonaga
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002831:Choroid Plexus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D019723:Endoscopes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006850:Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000267:Tissue Adhesions; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000295:instrumentation*