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- S S Rengachary.
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota Hospital, Minneapolis, USA.
- Neurosurgery. 1997 Sep 1;41(3):695-7; discussion 697-8.
Objective And ImportanceThis report describes an important technical modification in ventriculoperitoneal shunting.Clinical PresentationA young woman presented with shunt malfunction caused by occlusion of the peritoneal catheter. Conventional sites for placement of distal catheter were unavailable or had been used up.InterventionAfter the installation of a ventriculopleural shunt resulted in pleural effusion, it was converted to a transdiaphragmatic ventriculoperitoneal shunt, resulting in an excellent clinical outcome.ConclusionThe suprahepatic subdiaphragmatic space can be directly accessed in some selected patients with extensive peritoneal adhesions, resulting in successful ventriculoperitoneal shunting.
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