Vp Shunt Catheter Complications

Vps obstruction which is most often occurs in the proximal catheter is the most common cause of vps malfunction.

Vp shunt catheter complications. The remaining 43 patients for whom frontal vp shunt was done showed complications related to four patients only. Hardware infection is the second most common cause of vps malfunction and this is a complication is. Vp shunt was done.

A shunt series is performed when there is concern about the normal functioning of a vp shunt. Vp shunts were inserted for treatment of hydrocephalus. Spontaneous knotting of the peritoneal catheter is a rare complication of the vp shunt 3.

Although ventriculoperitoneal vp shunts do not have fewer complications than ventriculoatrial shunts the complications are less severe and have a lower mortality rate. Ventriculoperitoneal shunt abdominal complications. Abdominal complications include peritonitis ascites bowel and abdominal wall perforation and inguinal hernias.

Ap and lateral radiographs of the skull shows migration of the vp shunt catheter tip out of its right sided burr hole in the skull. Complications that may occur with shunt systems include. Thus the incidence of complications with occipitoparietal vp shunt is 86 67 and 13 33 with the frontal type out of the total number of complications.

Malfunctions can lead to serious complications such as over or under draining of csf. Transverse us image below shows a moderate left hydrocele and the round vp shunt catheter in the medial aspect of the right scrotum. Axr above shows the tip of the vp shunt has migrated into the right scrotum.

Shunt malfunction may be attributed to multiple causes including obstruction infection pseudocyst formation and bowel perforation. Disconnections breaks most common in the neck migration. Recognized complications include 1 2.