Ventriculoperitoneal shunt overdrainage

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Background

  • Overdrainage -> tissue occluding the orifices of the proximal shunt apparatus
    • As pressure increases the occluding tissue diesengages allowing drainage to resume
    • Leads to cyclic incr ICP complaints that worsen when pt stands

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