Open AccessUnusual complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery
Author(s) -
Tarun Agarwal,
Sanjay Pandey,
Ashutosh Niranjan,
Veenu Jain,
Swati S. Mishra,
Vishal Agarwal
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1745.57340
Subject(s) - medicine , shunt (medical) , hydrocephalus , scrotum , surgery , complication , dissection (medical)
Ventricular shunts are commonly employed in the management of hydrocephalus, and numerous complications such as dissection or migration have been reported in the literature besides shunt malfunction. We present a case of the migration of the peritoneal catheter into the scrotum who attended at our institute. He was managed successfully, but subsequently developed intraabdominal cystic swelling for which he was reoperated.