title: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt.
abstract: With the advent of ventriculo-peritoneal shunting and improved medical therapies, patients with hydrocephalus are living Ionger and presenting with unrelated medical problems. It can be disconcerting to discover that the patient who needs a routine laparoscopic procedure also has a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt. Although the literature is limited there is a small body of evidence indicating that it is safe to perform laparoscopic surgery on these patients with routine anesthetic monitoring. The authors report the case of a laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with a VP shunt.
authors.affiliation: University of Hawai'i, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI 96817, USA.
authors.forename: Chet W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Hammill
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Au
authors.forename: Linda L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt