A Descriptive Study on Complications of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Surgery in Nangarhar Regional Hospital 25/Mar/2018 – 16/Mar/2019

Ventriculoperitoneal shunt treats hydrocephalus by altering CSF flow within the brain. In most of cases, shunts consist three parts, which are serially connected to each other: proximal catheter, one-way valve and distal catheter. is one commonly performed neurosurgical procedure, both on elective emergency basis. Consequently, in this paper, indications for shunt, types used, cure, complications ventriculoperitoneal were studied. During “Quantitative “, with amalgamating case series study out 109 VP-stunted patients, 38 show up complication. The complication diagnosis initially suspected according history physical examination high intracranial pressure. purpose determine VP-shunt complication, incidence VP different age childhood life geographic findings complication.
 20 patients 52.6% male patient, from 2 months years 30 (78.3%) study, 26 complicated (68.4%) Nangarhar province. we found 8 (21.1%) abdominal pseudo cyst, 3 (7.9%) skin irritation, (5.3%) fever, upper end reserve infection, 6 (15.8%) lower disconnected tube obstruction 1 patient (2.6) Shunt extrusion month (real complication).