Open AccessManagement of Shunt complication in a Paediatric COVID 19 Case in Bangladesh Medical College Hospital
Author(s) -
N Huda,
Gomes VC,
M Chowdhury,
R Hamid
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
annals of clinical and medical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2639-8109
DOI - 10.47829/acmcr.2022.8902
Subject(s) - shunt (medical) , hydrocephalus , complication , medicine , neurosurgery , surgery , covid-19 , general surgery , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease
V-P shunt is the most common surgery done in paediatric hydrocephalus. Though the surgery remains as ‘minor’ in the arena of Neurosurgery, its complication surpass any boundary. Here we discuss a case of shunt complication which had malfunctioning shunt with both end malposition, cranial end occluded by septum and cortex and peritoneal end invading bowel. Surgery was taking a new course for dramatic appearance of COVID 19.