title: Laparoscopic removal of two dislocated ventriculoperitoneal catheters: case report.
abstract: In a child two previously migrated abdominal catheters from ventriculoperitoneal shunts were removed from the abdominal cavity by use of laparoscopy. Avoiding the usually longitudinal laparatomy, two small incisions were necessary to insert the laparoscope (sub-umbilical incision) and grasping forceps (left iliac pit incision). Laparoscopy allowed for identification of a working ventriculoperitoneal shunt, that was correctly in place, and for removal of two old migrated catheters. The child was mobilized the same day and the post-operative course was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgical Clinic and Clinic for General Surgery, University of Bari Medical School, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pierangeli
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pizzoni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lospalluti
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gigante
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colamaria
mesh_terms: D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects*