Abstract
With the advent of ventriculo-peritoneal shunting and improved medical therapies, patients with hydrocephalus are living Ionger and presenting with unrelated medical problems. It can be disconcerting to discover that the patient who needs a routine laparoscopic procedure also has a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt. Although the literature is limited there is a small body of evidence indicating that it is safe to perform laparoscopic surgery on these patients with routine anesthetic monitoring. The authors report the case of a laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with a VP shunt.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 103-104 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Hawaii Medical Journal |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| State | Published - Apr 2010 |