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S. A. Khan, A. Gretchel, H. Govender and B. Hartzenberg, “Brain Abscecss and Granuloma Formation as Late Complications of Retained Ventricular Catheter,” Neurology India, Vol. 57, No. 4, 2009, pp. 489-492. doi:10.4103/0028-3886.55604

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• TITLE: Fluoroscopy Neuro-Guided Endoscopic Removal of a Lost Ventricular Catheter in Hydrocephalic Girl with Staphylococcal Shunt Infection

  AUTHORS: Leszek Herbowski, Regina Szydłowska, Józef Rudnicki, Aleksandra Harat, Leszek Sagan

  KEYWORDS: Hydrocephalus; Ventricular Catheter; Catheter Migration; Shunt Infection; Fluoroscopy-Assisted Endoscopy; Shunt Removal

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Modern Neurosurgery, Vol.2 No.3, July 19, 2012

  ABSTRACT: In the text, the authors present a successful treatment of an 8-year-old hydrocephalic girl with retained infected ventricular catheter. Altogether, there have been 56 recorded cases of intraventricular catheter migration, including only 5 of infected shunt. In the case described, the first attempt to remove the lost catheter endoscopically was unsuccessful which was the reason for an inflammation’s spread. Only by means of fluoroscopy-assisted endoscopy was it possible to remove the free-floating infected shunt drain from the lateral ventricle during another surgery. In order to prevent immediate or delayed infection complications, the authors postulate a complete removal of a retained ventricular catheter from every patient.