J Korean Neurosurg Soc.
2001 Jul;30(7):939-942.
Percutaneous Tunnel Ventriculostomy for the Hydrocephalus Complicated with Ventriculitis: Case Report
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Thirty nine-year-old man who required urgent shunt operation due to rapidly deteriorating visual acuity suffered from ventriculitis after aneurysmal operation. Daily dose of 20mg of vancomycin and amikyn were given intraventricularly via external ventricular catheter after failure of various kinds of systemic antibiotics. The exit of the catheter was made on the upper chest wall to prevent superinfection. External ventricular drainage could finally be switched to ventriculo-peritoneal shunt and he was discharged with clinical improvement.
