Acute Epidural Hematoma Following Ventriculo-Peritoneal(V-P) shunt Operation

Ventriculo-peritoneal(V-P) shunt operation has been accepted as the most effective and safe procedure for the relief of increased intracranial pressure in hydrocephalic patients of various etiologies. A variety of complications have been reported in association with these relatively easy surgical procedures. Overdrainage induced effusions occur commonly in the subdural and rarely in the epidural spaces. Six cases of epidural hematoma(EDH) have been reported thus far in the literature following shunt operation remote from the catheter implantation. We report another case of this extremely rare complication of such procedures in a 16-year-old girl.