background and importance: lumboperitoneal shunts are commonly used to treat several conditions, but their use can result in significant complications. we discuss a complication of these shunts that has not been reported in the literature to date. case presentation: an obese, 41-year-old woman admitted to rasool akram hospital complaining of a severe headache and blurred vision. the physical ex...

abstractbackgroundline of treatment for management of hydrocephalus despite available new techniques andsystems of shunting. associated complications should be recognized and managed properly,but the most recognized complications are shunt obstruction which its prevalencethrough surgical approach is discussed here. two approaches (frontal and parietal) are usedto insert ventriculoperitoneal shu...

OBJECTIVES To determine the frequency of primary ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection among patients treated at neurosurgical centres of the Hospital Authority and to identify underlying risk factors. METHODS This multicentre historical cohort study included consecutive patients who underwent primary ventriculoperitoneal shunting at a Hospital Authority neurosurgery centre from 1 January 2009...

Background and Importance: Lumboperitoneal shunts are commonly used to treat several conditions, but their use can result in significant complications. We discuss a complication of these shunts that has not been reported in the literature to date. Case Presentation: An obese, 41-year-old woman admitted to Rasool Akram Hospital complaining of a severe headache and blurred vision. The ...

The formation of a brain abscess as a result of a cerebrospinal fluid shunt complication is extremely rare in the literature with only 7 cases reported in the last 20 years. We report a patient that developed a brain abscess adjacent to a functioning ventricular catheter in the presence of shunt infection by another pathogen. Clinicians should consider this complication in any shunted patient w...

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, complicatio...

A 52-year-old man was admitted with a brain abscess in the left basal ganglia. He had a paradoxical brain embolic mechanism owing to a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (PAVF) and was diagnosed as having a right-to-left shunt by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and transcranial color Doppler (TCD) with saline contrast medium. We determined that the brain abscess was caused by the PAVFs with...

INTRODUCTION The diagnosis of shunt malfunction can be difficult even for the experienced clinician and may lead to disastrous circumstances when misinterpreted. Less experienced physicians may rely more on radiographic reports as a primary diagnostic modality. In this study, we evaluated the reliability of using these reports without accurate clinical assessment. METHODS All shunt revisions ...

a 22-year-old woman presented with acute left-sided pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea 6 days after surgery for revision of the stenotic central aortopulmonary shunt. she had a history of tetralogy of fallot (tof), pulmonary valve stenosis, ventricular septal defect and major aortopulmonary collateral artery. her waterston shunt was placed when she was 5 years old and stented and re-dilated after...