Open AccessPost ventriculoperitoneal shunt abdominal pseudocyst: Challenges posed in management
Author(s) -
Raashid Hamid,
Asif Nazir Baba,
Nisar Ahmad Bhat,
Gowhar Nazir Mufti,
Younis A Mir,
Sajad A. Wani
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1793-5482
DOI - 10.4103/1793-5482.145539
Subject(s) - medicine , shunt (medical) , complication , cyst , hydrocephalus , surgery , abdominal cavity , cerebrospinal fluid , radiology , abdominal pain
In patients with hydrocephalus, the abdominal cavity has been used for absorption of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) since 1905. Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt operation is followed by abdominal complications in about 5-47% cases. Abdominal CSF pseudo cyst is an uncommon, but well described complication.