BACKGROUND We report a patient who underwent percutaneous transesophageal gastrotubing (PTEG), that is, nonsurgical esophagostomy under ultrasonographic control, as an alternative to percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG). CASE DESCRIPTION The PTEG was placed for shunt protection from inadvertent infection in a 29-year-old male patient in whom a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt had previous...

INTRODUCTION Implantation of a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is a standard procedure for hydrocephalus. Different complications can occur, one of them being migration of the distal end of the tube. CASE DESCRIPTION The abdominal end of a VP shunt tube had migrated into the descending colon. In a laparoscopic procedure, the shunt was retrieved, and the colonic perforation site was resected. ...