Vp Shunt Follow Up

Between 2006 and 2016 vp shunt surgery was performed on 1357 pediatric patients in our clinic.

Vp shunt follow up. Following this period you will be taken to the neurosciences ward. Vp shunt removal particularly with a 2 stage. Patients will also need to replace it at some point usually about two years for children and close to ten years for adults.

The shunt will require regular monitoring and follow up visits. Of the 1015 patients 296 286 adults and 10 pediatrics were either lost to follow up or died. A follow up ct or mri scan is sometimes carried out to verify that the ventricular catheter tip is located in the correct location in the brain.

Hydrocephalus origins shunt revision rates and causes of shunt failure are described. After the vp shunt insertion is complete you will be taken to the recovery area where you are closely monitored. With an average follow up time of 20 years this study is among the longest reports of vp shunt revision in the literature to date.

In follow up examinations we retrospectively reviewed patients who underwent revision surgery. Vp shunt surgery recovery. Recovery from a vp shunt placement takes three to four days.

The pressure setting of some vp shunts may accidentally change if you get too close to a magnet. Little is known regarding the optimal treatment of ventriculoperitoneal vp shunt infections in adults. Although obstruction and infection are the most common causes of shunt malfunction other complications can occur as well including bowel perforation pseudocyst formation and over draining which can lead to subdural hematoma formation.

Safety precautions with vp shunts precautions with magnets. During your hospitalization the hospital staff will monitor. The mean and median follow up time was 9 2 and 6 5 years respectively after the initial shunt surgery.