Intracardiac migration and knotting of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Gert Frahm-Jensen; Peter R Newton; Katharine J Drummond; Tim P Wagner; Barend M E Mees

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2014.10.020

Intracardiac migration and knotting of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt

J Clin Neurosci. 2015 Apr;22(4):771-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2014.10.020. Epub 2015 Feb 20.

Authors

Gert Frahm-Jensen¹, Peter R Newton², Katharine J Drummond³, Tim P Wagner¹, Barend M E Mees¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Grattan Street, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC 3050, Australia. Electronic address: peter.r.newton@gmail.com.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Grattan Street, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC 3050, Australia.

PMID: 25709057
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2014.10.020

Abstract

We report a patient with delayed migration of the distal ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter from the peritoneum to the right atrium with associated knotting of the catheter complicating removal. We also review the literature on this topic.

Keywords: Complications; Foreign-body migration; Jugular vein injury; Knot; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Device Removal
Female
Heart Atria / surgery*
Humans
Prosthesis Failure*
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt*