title: Treatment of recurrent, multiloculated, obstructive hydrocephalus with suprahepatic peritoneal catheter placement.
abstract: The suprahepatic space represents a potential reservoir for cerebrospinal fluid absorption and becomes critical when extensive abdominal adhesions prevent passage of a peritoneal shunt catheter toward the pelvis. We present a patient with refractory hydrocephalus in which a multishunt system with drainage into the suprahepatic space was ultimately successful in decompressing the patient's trapped ventricular spaces.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0112, USA. RowlandN@neurosurg.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Nathan C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Rowland
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Lawton
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maa
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: McDermott
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*