Volume 27, Issue 131, January 2023

Rare ventriculoperitoneal shunt complication: Sigmoid colon perforation and anal extrusion

Hussam S Hassan¹, Hisham A Almetaher², Essam Elhalaby², Ahmed Nofal², Hany Abdel Fattah Elhady³

¹Professor of surgery, College of medicine, Jouf University, Jouf, Saudi Arabia
²Professor of pediatric surgery, Faculty of medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
³Assist. Professor of Surgery College of medicine, Jouf University, Jouf, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

The installation of a ventricular-peritoneal (VP) shunt is a very commonly utilized surgical treatment for hydrocephalus. The literature has described the caudal end of a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt migrating to a variety of locations and with migration, shunt function may be reduced. This is a report on one of the rarest complications of VP shunts: Perforation of the sigmoid colon and anal extrusion.

Keywords: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt, complications, gut perforation, laparoscopic assisted

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e52ms2713

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v27i131/e52ms2713

Published: 14 January 2023