Vp Shunt Katheter

Note redundancy of intraperitoneal catheter to allow for vertical growth of child black arrow c.

Vp shunt katheter. The shunt consists of a catheter tube a valve and a reservoir. The catheter is placed through the skull and into one of the ventricles spaces of the brain where the cerebrospinal fluid csf collects. The vp shunt is placed in a small hole drilled in the skull behind the patient s ear which allows the fluid to drain to the abdominal cavity to be reabsorbed into the body.

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. A ventriculoperitoneal vp shunt is a medical device that relieves pressure on the brain caused by fluid accumulation. Transverse us image below shows a moderate left hydrocele and the round vp shunt catheter in the medial aspect of the right scrotum.

Ventriculoperitoneal shunting is surgery to treat excess cerebrospinal fluid csf in the cavities ventricles of the brain hydrocephalus. A conventional radiographs of head neck and chest depict ventriculostomy catheter placed via right frontal approach white arrow a and b and normal course of distal ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter terminating in lower abdomen arrowheads. Ventriculoperitoneal vp shunt placement is a procedure to help remove excess fluid in the brain.

Ventriculoperitoneal vp shunts are a device used to shunt cerebrospinal fluid in the treatment of hydrocephalus. A ventriculoperitoneal shunt vps is a surgical treatment for hydrocephalus. Ventriculoperitoneal shunts consist of a valve and two tubes called catheters which drain the fluid.

Vp shunting is a surgical procedure that primarily treats a condition called. One catheter drains fluid from the brain out of a small hole the doctor makes in the skull. As the name suggests a catheter is placed with its tip in the ventricle.

Axr above shows the tip of the vp shunt has migrated into the right scrotum. The external portion of the catheter is connected to a valve that regulates the flow of csf based on a preset pressure.