A method to diagnose ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction
ZHANG Hong-ri
Meng Lei
HAO Xiao-wei
CHEN Yu-hang
CHENG Xiao-bing
Abstract：Objective To provide a new method for diagnosis of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt malfunction. Methods Of 32 patients undergoing VP shunt, 16 in whom the diagnosis VP malfunction shunt was definitely made were served as subjects and 16 with normal VP shunt were served as control. In each patient 0.1 ml cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was withdrawn from the reservoir which received 0.1 ml of 5% glucose solution 20 minutes ago and then the glucose concentration of the obtained CSF was determined. Results The glucose concentration in the CSF was significantly higher in the patients with VP shunt malfunction than that in the patients with normal VP shunt (P<0.01). Conclusion The present article provides a new method for the dagnosis VP shunt malfunction.
Keywords：Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shuntMalfunctionDiagnosisMethod
Publication Date：2019-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 151-152 )