Open AccessPediatric ventriculoperitoneal shunts and their complications: An analysis
Author(s) -
Nitin Agarwal,
Ram Mohan Shukla,
Deepika Agarwal,
Kaustubh Gupta,
Rohtash Luthra,
Jalaj Gupta,
Sunny Jain
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1998-3891
pISSN - 0971-9261
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9261.207624
Subject(s) - medicine , general surgery
Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is the most commonly utilized shunting procedure because of the capacity of the peritoneum to resorb fluid. Initial and subsequent peritoneal catheter placements can be done with relative ease. They are associated with a variety of complications.