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Abnormal Migration and Extrusion of Abdominal End of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: An Experience of Eight Cases

BACKGROUND: Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is commonly used in the treatment of hydrocephalus. Migration and extrusion of the distal end of the VP shunt are relatively rarely occurring complications. AIM: To retrospectively analyze patients with extrusion of the abdominal end of ventriculoperitonea...

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Autores principales: Chugh, Ashish, Gotecha, Sarang, Amle, Gaurav, Patil, Anil, Punia, Prashant, Kotecha, Megha
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6144606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30271464
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JPN.JPN_18_18
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author Chugh, Ashish
Gotecha, Sarang
Amle, Gaurav
Patil, Anil
Punia, Prashant
Kotecha, Megha
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Gotecha, Sarang
Amle, Gaurav
Patil, Anil
Punia, Prashant
Kotecha, Megha
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description BACKGROUND: Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is commonly used in the treatment of hydrocephalus. Migration and extrusion of the distal end of the VP shunt are relatively rarely occurring complications. AIM: To retrospectively analyze patients with extrusion of the abdominal end of ventriculoperitoneal shunts and evaluate the possible etiology and outcome. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: All patients presenting with extrusion of lower end of the shunt were included. The variables collected were age, sex, site of extrusion, time duration of extrusion, presence of local infection, meningitis, shunt dependency, and treatment received. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography of brain was carried out in all patients to rule out retrograde migration of infection in the cranial cavity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eight patients of abnormal migration and extrusion of lower end of VP shunt were included. RESULTS: The distal end of VP shunt was extruded from the anus (n = 3), vagina (n = 2), and anterior abdominal wall (n = 3). In five of these patients, shunt catheter was draining cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the children were afebrile and CSF was sterile. In three children with extrusion of the shunt through the abdominal wall, the shunt tract was infected. Two of these patients had abscess in the shunt tract, which required incision and drainage. Both these patients had meningitis with a growth of Streptococcus species from CSF. Seven patients required further CSF diversion such as endoscopic third ventriculostomy (n = 3) or placement of VP shunt (n = 4). CONCLUSION: Distal tip migration of VP shunt may prove to have potentially serious complications such as meningitis. A prompt and aggressive protocol of management is recommended.
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spelling pubmed-61446062018-09-28 Abnormal Migration and Extrusion of Abdominal End of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: An Experience of Eight Cases Chugh, Ashish Gotecha, Sarang Amle, Gaurav Patil, Anil Punia, Prashant Kotecha, Megha J Pediatr Neurosci Original Article BACKGROUND: Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is commonly used in the treatment of hydrocephalus. Migration and extrusion of the distal end of the VP shunt are relatively rarely occurring complications. AIM: To retrospectively analyze patients with extrusion of the abdominal end of ventriculoperitoneal shunts and evaluate the possible etiology and outcome. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: All patients presenting with extrusion of lower end of the shunt were included. The variables collected were age, sex, site of extrusion, time duration of extrusion, presence of local infection, meningitis, shunt dependency, and treatment received. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography of brain was carried out in all patients to rule out retrograde migration of infection in the cranial cavity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eight patients of abnormal migration and extrusion of lower end of VP shunt were included. RESULTS: The distal end of VP shunt was extruded from the anus (n = 3), vagina (n = 2), and anterior abdominal wall (n = 3). In five of these patients, shunt catheter was draining cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the children were afebrile and CSF was sterile. In three children with extrusion of the shunt through the abdominal wall, the shunt tract was infected. Two of these patients had abscess in the shunt tract, which required incision and drainage. Both these patients had meningitis with a growth of Streptococcus species from CSF. Seven patients required further CSF diversion such as endoscopic third ventriculostomy (n = 3) or placement of VP shunt (n = 4). CONCLUSION: Distal tip migration of VP shunt may prove to have potentially serious complications such as meningitis. A prompt and aggressive protocol of management is recommended. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6144606/ /pubmed/30271464 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JPN.JPN_18_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Chugh, Ashish
Gotecha, Sarang
Amle, Gaurav
Patil, Anil
Punia, Prashant
Kotecha, Megha
Abnormal Migration and Extrusion of Abdominal End of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: An Experience of Eight Cases
title Abnormal Migration and Extrusion of Abdominal End of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: An Experience of Eight Cases
title_full Abnormal Migration and Extrusion of Abdominal End of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: An Experience of Eight Cases
title_fullStr Abnormal Migration and Extrusion of Abdominal End of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: An Experience of Eight Cases
title_full_unstemmed Abnormal Migration and Extrusion of Abdominal End of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: An Experience of Eight Cases
title_short Abnormal Migration and Extrusion of Abdominal End of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: An Experience of Eight Cases
title_sort abnormal migration and extrusion of abdominal end of ventriculoperitoneal shunt: an experience of eight cases
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6144606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30271464
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JPN.JPN_18_18
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