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Neuronavigation and Laparoscopy Guided Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Insertion for the Treatment of Hydrocephalus
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Rapid evaluation of ventriculoperitoneal shunt function in a pediatric patient using emergency ultrasound
Leah Marion Hamburg1, David O Kessler
1Pediatric Emergency Department, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York, NY 10032, USA. lmh9007@nyp.org
Pediatric Emergency Care
|July 7, 2012
Abstract:
A 9-year-old girl with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt presents to the emergency department with progressive positional headaches, vomiting, fatigue, and pain over her shunt tract. Emergency ultrasound was used to diagnose discontinuity in the cervical portion of the shunt allowing for expedited care while waiting for confirmatory testing. She underwent urgent shunt replacement with good outcome.
