Sigmoidoscopic neurosurgery? Treatment of an unusual complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunting.
A 16-year-old male with acute hydrocephalus due to bilateral acoustic neuromata was treated successfully with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt before formal neuroma resection. However, 2 years postoperatively, he noticed the distal shunt per rectum while defaecating. Subsequent removal was successfully performed using a flexible sigmoidoscope.
Brown
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Department of Surgery and Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
Gourlay
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Battersby
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D000293:Adolescent; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D003638:Deafness; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000159:Vestibulocochlear Nerve / Q000473:pathology