Ventricular shunt relieves hydrocephalus, a condition in which the ventricles are enlarged.
A ventricular shunt relieves hydrocephalus
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).
When infection or disease causes an excess of CSF in the ventricles, the shunt is placed to drain it and thereby relieve excess pressure
hydrocephalus
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To avoid infections at the shunt site, the area should be kept clean. Cerebrospinal fluid should be checked periodically by the doctor
Complications of shunting occur in 30% of cases, but only 5% are serious.
Serious and long-term complications of ventricular shunting are bleeding under the outermost covering of the brain (subdural hematoma), infection, stroke, and shunt failure.
It gets obliterated, and hence the atrio-ventricular shunt no more remains functional.
Of patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus who are treated with shunting, 25-80% experience long-term improvement.
A left side that experiences decreased oxygen indicates a right-to-left shunt.
The shunt used for a person who has hydrocephalus ("water on the brain") is not called a "value shunt". It is usually called a "ventriculo-peritoneal shunt" or "VP shunt" for short. Sometimes a "ventriculo-atrial shunt" or "VA shunt" is used instead.