ArticleBMJ case reports2020
Management of ventriculo-gallbladder shunt in the presence of gallstones.
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- Ventriculo-gallbladder shunt reflux: A case study and review of the literature.Surgical neurology international · 2026Article
- Ventriculo gallbladder shunt as an alternative cerebrospinal fluid diversionary procedure.Surgical neurology international · 2026Article
- Giant Craniopharyngioma Complicated by Cerebrospinal Fluid Ascites in a 7-Year-Old Boy: A Case Report and Review of Literature.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Experience of a reference center on ventriculo-gallbladder shunt as an alternative treatment for peritoneal failure in children.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024Article
- Evaluation of the ventriculocholecystic shunt-an overview of present practice in adult and pediatric hydrocephalus.Neurosurgical review · 2021Review
- Sterile cerebrospinal fluid ascites, hydrothorax and hydrocele as a complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunting in an elderly patient.BMJ case reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
Hydrocephalus is a prevalent health problem that is frequently encountered by paediatric neurosurgeons during infancy and childhood. We report a case of an 11-year-old boy with high cerebrospinal fluid protein hydrocephalus secondary to optic glioma that required a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt. The patient had multiple failures of VP shunt and developed massive ascites. Alternatively, the hydrocephalus was treated by ventriculo-gallbladder (VG) shunt in the presence of sludge which was removed from the gallbladder before placement of the shunt. After VG shunt insertion, the patient expressed signs of infection with elevated liver profile, which emphasised the presence of gallstones. While the shunt was kept in its place without any complications, the gallstones were successfully removed by an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. In conclusion, the presence of sludge is not a contraindication for VG shunt placement, and, if the VG shunt was complicated with gallstones, it could be treated without the need for cholecystectomy.
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