A ventricular shunt relieves hydrocephalus

Ventricular shunt relieves hydrocephalus, a condition in which the ventricles are enlarged.

The ventricular shunt tube is placed to drain fluid from the ventricular system in the brain to the cavity of the abdomen or to the large vein in the neck (jugular vein).

hydrocephalus

Serious and long-term complications of ventricular shunting are bleeding under the outermost covering of the brain (subdural hematoma), infection, stroke, and shunt failure.