Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Malfunction Due to a Fibrous Capsule Obstructing the Peritoneal Catheter

Ventriculoperitoneal shunt obstruction is a common neurosurgical condition. Obstruction of the peritoneal catheter is less common than other sites of blockage in the system. We present a case of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt blockage caused by a sheath of hyalinised fibrous tissue that had encased th...

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Autores principales: Heaney, Jonathan, Johnson, Reuben
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Neurosurgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7051113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32181074
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6831
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description Ventriculoperitoneal shunt obstruction is a common neurosurgical condition. Obstruction of the peritoneal catheter is less common than other sites of blockage in the system. We present a case of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt blockage caused by a sheath of hyalinised fibrous tissue that had encased the distal side slits of the peritoneal catheter resulting in sub-total blockage. The patient made a complete recovery following the removal of this fibrous tissue from the distal peritoneal catheter without the need to revise the entire shunt.
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spelling pubmed-70511132020-03-16 Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Malfunction Due to a Fibrous Capsule Obstructing the Peritoneal Catheter Heaney, Jonathan Johnson, Reuben Cureus Neurosurgery Ventriculoperitoneal shunt obstruction is a common neurosurgical condition. Obstruction of the peritoneal catheter is less common than other sites of blockage in the system. We present a case of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt blockage caused by a sheath of hyalinised fibrous tissue that had encased the distal side slits of the peritoneal catheter resulting in sub-total blockage. The patient made a complete recovery following the removal of this fibrous tissue from the distal peritoneal catheter without the need to revise the entire shunt. Cureus 2020-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7051113/ /pubmed/32181074 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6831 Text en Copyright © 2020, Heaney et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Heaney, Jonathan
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Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Malfunction Due to a Fibrous Capsule Obstructing the Peritoneal Catheter
title Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Malfunction Due to a Fibrous Capsule Obstructing the Peritoneal Catheter
title_full Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Malfunction Due to a Fibrous Capsule Obstructing the Peritoneal Catheter
title_fullStr Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Malfunction Due to a Fibrous Capsule Obstructing the Peritoneal Catheter
title_full_unstemmed Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Malfunction Due to a Fibrous Capsule Obstructing the Peritoneal Catheter
title_short Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Malfunction Due to a Fibrous Capsule Obstructing the Peritoneal Catheter
title_sort ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction due to a fibrous capsule obstructing the peritoneal catheter
topic Neurosurgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7051113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32181074
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6831
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