Vp Shunt Diagram. Vp shunts are the most common type of shunt for draining excess csf. Radiologic identification of vp shunt valves and adjustment.
Shunt pass is not always at hand and documents from external hospitals can be missing. Ventriculo peritoneal or vp shunt the csf is drained into. Pseudocysts can also develop around ventric ulopleural shunts due to adhesions caused by chronic pleural irritation.
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A vp shunt is a long plastic tube that lets fluid drain from the brain to another part of the body. If the child has a va or vpleural shunt then abdominal x ray is not required. Below is a link to a diagram of a shunt. These shunts generally contain a pressure sensitive valve that releases csf once the pressure reaches a certain level rinker et al.