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  • Title: Urinary bladder calculi complicating ventriculo-vesical shunt.
    Author: Shahul Hameed AS, Yousaf I, Choudhari KA.
    Journal: Br J Neurosurg; 2005 Oct; 19(5):449-50. PubMed ID: 16455572.
    Abstract:
    A rare case of vesical calculi complicating the procedure of ventriculo-vesical shunt is presented. In addition to highlighting technical difficulties in placing shunt catheters into the urinary system, the potential complications are discussed. We consider this route of cerebrospinal fluid(CSF) diversion less physiological compared with the peritoneal, pleural or the venous sites, and discourage use of the urinary bladder as the drainage site for the shunting of CSF.
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