Logo image
IRO Home Research units Researcher Profiles
Sign in
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt externalization during laparoscopic prostatectomy
Journal article   Peer reviewed

Ventriculoperitoneal shunt externalization during laparoscopic prostatectomy

James A Brown, Michael D Medlock and Douglas M Dahl
Urology (Ridgewood, N.J.), Vol.63(6), pp.1183-1185
2004
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2004.02.028
PMID: 15183985

View Online

Abstract

Ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement is the standard treatment for patients with hydrocephalus or increased cerebrospinal fluid pressure. Many patients with ventriculoperitoneal shunts require subsequent surgery. Increasingly, this surgery is performed laparoscopically. We describe externalizing the ventriculoperitoneal shunt outside the abdomen in a patient undergoing extraperitoneal laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.

Details

Metrics

9 Record Views
Logo image