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BRITISH JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY
Volume 27, Issue 4, Pages 505-508Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2013.771135
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hydrocephalus; plasminogen deficiency; ventriculocholecystic shunt; ventriculobiliary shunt; ventriculogallbladder shunt; ventriculoperitoneal shunt
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We describe the re-siting of ventriculoperitoneal shunts to the gallbladder in two children. The first child had a rare case of hydrocephalus associated with plasminogen deficiency. She had had multiple VP shunt revisions due to non-absorption of CSF from the peritoneum. The second had craniopharyngioma-related hydrocephalus with once again a non-absorbing peritoneum. We report no surgical complications in the revisions for both the cases, and there has been a subsequent follow-up of 46 and 28 months, respectively, without incident. A review of the relevant literature describing the use and the performance of ventriculocholecystic shunts in comparison with other ventricular shunts is considered.
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