Treatment of recurrent, multiloculated, obstructive hydrocephalus with suprahepatic peritoneal catheter placement

Authors

Nathan C. Rowland, University of California, San Francisco
Michael C. Huang, University of California, San Francisco
Michael T. Lawton, University of California, San FranciscoFollow
Jonathan Carter, University of California, San Francisco
John Maa, University of California, San Francisco
Michael W. McDermott, University of California, San Francisco

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The suprahepatic space represents a potential reservoir for cerebrospinal fluid absorption and becomes critical when extensive abdominal adhesions prevent passage of a peritoneal shunt catheter toward the pelvis. We present a patient with refractory hydrocephalus in which a multishunt system with drainage into the suprahepatic space was ultimately successful in decompressing the patient's trapped ventricular spaces. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

7-1-2013

Publication Title

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

ISSN

09675868

E-ISSN

15322653

Volume

20

Issue

7

First Page

1038

Last Page

1039

PubMed ID

23618678

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/j.jocn.2012.10.006

Recommended Citation

Rowland, Nathan C.; Huang, Michael C.; Lawton, Michael T.; Carter, Jonathan; Maa, John; and McDermott, Michael W., "Treatment of recurrent, multiloculated, obstructive hydrocephalus with suprahepatic peritoneal catheter placement" (2013). Neurosurgery. 1054.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neurosurgery/1054