Ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement indications [Neurosurgery Wiki]

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====== Ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement indications ======


[[Ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement]] is the standard therapy for [[hydrocephalus]] in the presence of an [[aqueductal stenosis]] or other passage obstacles in the CSF [[pathway]]. For example, it is frequently required after [[subarachnoid hemorrhage]], trauma, or infection of the neurocranium or for congenital conditions
((Moza K, McMenomey SO, Delashaw JB., Jr Indications for cerebrospinal fluid drainage and avoidance of complications. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2005;38:577–582.)).

===== Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus =====
[[Ventriculoperitoneal shunt for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus]]

===== Ventriculoperitoneal shunt for hydrocephalus after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage =====

[[Ventriculoperitoneal shunt for hydrocephalus after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage]].



===== Ventriculoperitoneal shunt for cerebrospinal fluid fistula treatment =====
[[Ventriculoperitoneal shunt for cerebrospinal fluid fistula treatment]]