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Summary
Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt surgery remains the most widely used neurosurgical procedure for the management of hydrocephalus. However, shunt complications are common and may require multiple surgical procedures during a patient’s lifetime. We report the case of a 29-year-old patient with a background of Dandy-Walker malformation, occipital encephalocele, recurrent hydrocephalus, spina bifida and epilepsy presented with VP shunt migration into urinary and gastrointestinal tracts. In absence of sepsis or peritonism from either bowel or bladder perforation, local control of stent extrusion was successful for several years, although surgery was eventually undertaken.
- urinary and genital tract disorders
- stomach and duodenum
- coma and raised intracranial pressure
- hydrocephalus
- surgery
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Contributors BO created first draft of manuscript and created tables and figures. SR helped write the first draft of manuscript and helped in creating figures and references. RH: editor of manuscript, supply of consent and images. KN: Initial concept, editor of manuscript.
Competing interests None declared.
Patient consent Obtained.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.