Successful application of the ventriculo-gallbladder shunt: A salvage procedure
Turkish Neurosurgery, cilt.30, sa.1, ss.138-140, 2020 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2020
- Doi Numarası: 10.5137/1019-5149.jtn.20951-17.2
- Dergi Adı: Turkish Neurosurgery
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.138-140
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Hydrocephalus, Shunt dysfunction, Ventriculo-gallbladder shunt
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Ventriculo-gallblader shunt is very rarely used in the treatment of hydrocephalus. A 44-year-old male with ventriculoatrial shunt dysfunction was evaluated. His ventriculoatrial shunt was not working. His medical history revealed that his hydrocephalus was treated five times by venrtriculoperitoneal shunt, and four times by ventriculoatrial shunt. Another trial for ventriculoperitoneal or ventriculoatrial shunting was not considered feasible. A ventriculo-gallbladder shunt was placed to the patient as a potential salvage procedure. Remarkably, the patient benefited from the ventriculo-gallbladder shunt and was discharged from the hospital. We think that ventriculo-gallbladder shunting is a safe and effective treatment for hydrocephalus as the last resort in complicated cases of shunt dysfunction.