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Neuronavigation and Laparoscopy Guided Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Insertion for the Treatment of Hydrocephalus
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Sigmoidoscopic neurosurgery? Treatment of an unusual complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunting
S R Brown1, R Gourlay, R D Battersby
1Department of Surgery and Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
British Journal of Neurosurgery
|August 1, 1996
Abstract:
A 16-year-old male with acute hydrocephalus due to bilateral acoustic neuromata was treated successfully with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt before formal neuroma resection. However, 2 years postoperatively, he noticed the distal shunt per rectum while defaecating. Subsequent removal was successfully performed using a flexible sigmoidoscope.
