Treatment of hydrocephalus with high-pressure valve ventriculoperitoneal shunt in a dog.
A 5-month-old male Maltese with right-sided circling, deafness, and blindness was presented. A diagnosis of communicating hydrocephalus was made. A ventriculoperitoneal shunt was implanted and the cerebrospinal fluid was drained by using an adjustable valve type (Medtronic Strata). The valve was set at 2.5 (135-155 mmH2O). This was done to prevent the possibility of an overdrainage-induced collapse of the brain parenchyma, which can occur rarely when canine hydrocephalus is treated by using a low-pressure valve. Computed tomography performed 6 weeks and 1 year after surgery revealed the ventricles had decreased in size. Thus, a high-pressure valve used during the treatment of hydrocephalus was able to maintain normal intracranial pressure.
Kim
Jong Min
JM
Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Veterinary Medical Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Korea.
Park
Jinuk
J
Kim
Ji-Hye
JH
Han
Tae Sung
TS
Chang
Dongwoo
D
Na
Ki-Jeong
KJ
Choi
Seok Hwa
SH
Kim
Gonhyung
G
D000818:Animals; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*