title: Intracardiac migration and knotting of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt.
abstract: We report a patient with delayed migration of the distal ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter from the peritoneum to the right atrium with associated knotting of the catheter complicating removal. We also review the literature on this topic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Gert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Frahm-Jensen
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Grattan Street, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC 3050, Australia. Electronic address: peter.r.newton@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Peter R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Newton
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Grattan Street, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC 3050, Australia.
authors.forename: Katharine J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Drummond
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Tim P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Barend M E
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Mees
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020878:Device Removal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
keywords: Complications; Foreign-body migration; Jugular vein injury; Knot; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt