Gastric Perforation by a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt

Abstract

An autopsy performed 2 years and 3 months after a ventriculoperitoneal shunting operation for normal pressure hydrocephalus revealed that the peritoneal catheter had perforated the stomach. This may have been the cause of a previous episode of meningitis. (Neurosurgery 10:754-756, 1982)