The collapsed ventricle: management and prevention
Salmon, J.H.
Surgical Neurology 9(6): 349-352
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0090-3019 PMID: 307825 Document Number: 124321
Acute obstruction of a shunt may occur when the ventricular space becomes slitlike. Four patients with collapsed ventricles were treated by adding a higher pressure valve to the system. The ventricles enlarged and the patients became asymptomatic. Twelve children who had been shunted in the neonatal period had a higher pressure valve added as an elective procedure to prevent ventricular collapse. There were no episodes of shunt obstruction in the subsequent seven to 38 months.