Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt malfunction due to complete migration and subgaleal coiling of the proximal and distal catheters. Issue 1 (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pikis, Stylianos; Cohen, José E.; Shoshan, Yigal; Benifla, Mony
• Is Part Of: Journal of clinical neuroscience. Volume 22:Issue 1(2015:Jan.)
• Page Start: 224
• Page End: 226
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: Brain -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Neurosciences -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Brain -- surgery -- Periodicals; Neurosurgical Procedures -- Periodicals; Neurosciences -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2014.08.005
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0967-5868

Abstract

<abstract xml:lang="en" abstract-type="author" id="ab010"> <title id="st055">Abstract</title> <sec> <p id="sp0020">Ventriculo-peritoneal (VP) shunt malfunction due to proximal and distal catheter migration has been rarely reported in the literature. Shunt migration has been proposed to occur as a result of a combination of various mechanisms, including the windlass effect, retained memory of the shunt tubing, inadequate shunt fixation, and increased intra-abdominal pressures. We describe a rare case of a 6-week-old child who presented in our department with VP shunt malfunction due to complete proximal migration and coiling of the peritoneal and ventricular VP shunt catheters within a subgaleal pocket at the left occipital area.</p> </sec> </abstract>