Kanojia Ravi, Sinha Shandip K, Rawat Jiledar, Wakhlu Ashish, Kureel Shivnarain, Tandon Rajkumar
Department of Pediatric Surgery, King George Medical University, Lucknow, India.
Pediatr Neurosurg. 2008;44(1):49-51. doi: 10.1159/000110662. Epub 2007 Dec 14.
Distal migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt is rare. We present this unusual complication in 5 patients. The lower end of the shunt was extruded from right lumbar region, cervical area, umbilicus and rectum. The cause of such extrusion is not known. The patients were managed by shunt removal followed by shunt replacement on the opposite side.
脑室腹腔分流管远端移位罕见。我们报告了5例这种不寻常的并发症。分流管下端从右腰部、颈部、脐部和直肠处穿出。这种穿出的原因尚不清楚。对这些患者进行了分流管移除，然后在对侧重新置入分流管的处理。
