Clinical experience with ventriculovesical shunting as a salvage or bridging strategy in children with hydrocephalus when peritoneal diversion was considered unsuitable: a retrospective case series

Objective

Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunting remains a standard cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion procedure for pediatric hydrocephalus. However, peritoneal diversion may be considered unsuitable in selected children because of abdominal infection, severe peritoneal pathology, refractory CSF ascites, or persistent CSF abnormalities. The objective of this study was to describe our institutional experience with ventriculovesical shunting (VVS) as a selective salvage or bridging CSF diversion strategy in such patients.