Unusual ventriculoperitoneal shunt extrusion: experience with 5 cases and review of the literature.
Distal migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt is rare. We present this unusual complication in 5 patients. The lower end of the shunt was extruded from right lumbar region, cervical area, umbilicus and rectum. The cause of such extrusion is not known. The patients were managed by shunt removal followed by shunt replacement on the opposite side.
Kanojia
Ravi
R
Department of Pediatric Surgery, King George Medical University, Lucknow, India. doctor.ravi@yahoo.com
Sinha
Shandip K
SK
Rawat
Jiledar
J
Wakhlu
Ashish
A
Kureel
Shivnarain
S
Tandon
Rajkumar
R
D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation