title: Unusual complication--VP shunt coming out per rectum and brain abscess.
abstract: VP shunt is the most common pediatric neurosurgical procedure. It has been shown to result in variety of complications, which may have devastating consequences. Discussed below is one of the rare complications and the strategy to manage it successfully.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medial Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jindal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kansal
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mahapatra
mesh_terms: D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016983:Enterococcus; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D012007:Rectum; D012086:Reoperation; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation