title: The ventriculocholecystic shunt: two case reports and a review of the literature.
abstract: We describe the re-siting of ventriculoperitoneal shunts to the gallbladder in two children. The first child had a rare case of hydrocephalus associated with plasminogen deficiency. She had had multiple VP shunt revisions due to non-absorption of CSF from the peritoneum. The second had craniopharyngioma-related hydrocephalus with once again a non-absorbing peritoneum. We report no surgical complications in the revisions for both the cases, and there has been a subsequent follow-up of 46 and 28 months, respectively, without incident. A review of the relevant literature describing the use and the performance of ventriculocholecystic shunts in comparison with other ventricular shunts is considered.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital , Denmark Hill, London , UK.
authors: A K
authors: AK
authors: Demetriades
authors: I Z
authors: IZ
authors: Haq
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Jarosz
authors: D
authors: D
authors: McCormick
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Bassi
mesh_terms: D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002767:Cholecystostomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D012086:Reoperation / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D014696:Ventriculostomy / Q000379:methods