Vp Shunt Device

Although most patients with an implanted ventriculoperitoneal shunt device will require cerebrospinal fluid diversion over the course of their lifetime there appears to be a small number of patients that are shunt independent and may benefit from shunt removal.

Vp shunt device. A valve mechanism which regulates differential pressure or controls flow through the shunt tubing. The external portion of the catheter is connected to a valve that regulates the flow of csf based on a preset pressure. Ventriculoperitoneal vp shunts are a device used to shunt cerebrospinal fluid in the treatment of hydrocephalus.

This device is connected to the proximal catheter and lies between the skin and the skull usually on top of the head or just behind the ear. Although the xray is not of very good quality the difference between the left parietal vp ventriculo peritoneal shunt with miethke reservoir and valve and the left frontal ommaya reservoir aka ventricular access device are seen. A ventriculoperitoneal vp shunt is a medical device that relieves pressure on the brain caused by fluid accumulation.

A ventriculoperitoneal shunt is a medical device that doctors use to treat a brain condition called hydrocephalus. A ventriculoperitoneal vp shunt is a device used to relieve excessive pressure on the brain. Ventriculoatrial va shunts may be used as an alternative but they should be used only in patients with impairment of.

Ventriculoperitoneal shunt atypical abdominal pain shunt migration shunt complications introduction the vp shunt procedure is a type of cerebrospinal fluid shunt device that. Bowel perforation is a complication of vp shunt placement that occurs in 0 1 0 7 of patients with 15 of these resulting in death. First ventriculoperitoneal vp shunt placement is the treatment of choice for patients with nph.

There are some serious situations in which the brain becomes in danger of physical compression due to pressure from fluid or blood. Hydrocephalus is a condition that causes fluid to build up on the brain which. As the name suggests a catheter is placed with its tip in the ventricle.

We retrospectively analyzed 661 patients with hydrocephalus treated over a 10 year period at a single institution.