Successful Application of the Ventriculo-Gallbladder Shunt: A Salvage Procedure

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Ventriculo-gallblader shunt is very rarely used in the treatment of hydrocephalus. A 44-year-old male with ventriculoatrial shuntdysfunction was evaluated. His ventriculoatrial shunt was not working. His medical history revealed that his hydrocephalus wastreated five times by venrtriculoperitoneal shunt, and four times by ventriculoatrial shunt. Another trial for ventriculoperitoneal orventriculoatrial shunting was not considered feasible. A ventriculo-gallbladder shunt was placed to the patient as a potential salvageprocedure. Remarkably, the patient benefited from the ventriculo-gallbladder shunt and was discharged from the hospital. We thinkthat ventriculo-gallbladder shunting is a safe and effective treatment for hydrocephalus as the last resort in complicated cases ofshunt dysfunction.