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  • Title: The ventriculocholecystic shunt: two case reports and a review of the literature.
    Author: Demetriades AK, Haq IZ, Jarosz J, McCormick D, Bassi S.
    Journal: Br J Neurosurg; 2013 Aug; 27(4):505-8. PubMed ID: 23445328.
    Abstract:
    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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