Objective To summarize the experience of laparoscopic ventriculo-peritoneal shunt for treating patients with hydrocephalus.
Methods Twenty-two cases with hydrocephalus were treated with laparoscopic ventriculo-peritoneal shunt.The drainage-tube was put into the right liver-diaphragm interspace in 9 patients and inserted into the pelvic kidney in the others. Postoperative complications, ameliorating conditions of intracranial hypertension and recovery conditions of these patients were observed.
Results All the operations were succeeded and the patients got amelioration of intracranial hypertension.No complication correlating with laparoscopic surgery occured.
Conclusion Laparoscopic ventriculo-peritoneal shunt have the advantages of less invasive,better intra-abdominal view and more rapid recovery than conventional laparotomy. It’s a safe and feasible method which is worth of wide using.
Citation： SHU Ye,JIANG Shu,ZHOU Zongguang,LI Li,YU Yongyang,DU Jingping. Experience of Laparoscopic Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2004, 11(2): 157-158. doi: Copy