LP and VP shunts

[BushDoc20]

been given the opportunity to watch these two shunting procedures....i know barely anything about them as i'm an EM physician not Neuro so can someone please lead me to the procedures rundown from start to finish....i have a 5hr whirlybird flight and want some good reading material so i know what i'll be seeing/not seeing.....

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[typhoonegator]

You might want to ask the neurosurgeons. They are the ones that place VPS and LPS.

 

[BushDoc20]

i realise that....but do you know how hard it is to Skype a neurosurgeon to ask them that??? i don't really ''associate'' with the neuro home team unless i have to ..a friend of mine from med school got me in on this surgery coz he knows they intrigue me (VP/LP shunts) and it's being done on a adult with hydrocephalus.

 

[danielmd06]

VP shunt:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VP_shunt#Shunt_routing

LP shunt:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumbar-peritoneal_shunt

http://www.medtronic.com/patients/hydrocephalus/device/our-shunts/lp-shunts/index.htm