Abstract
Background There is little published evidence regarding intraoperative and postoperative complications in patients with ventriculoperitoneal shunts who undergo cholecystectomy. Methods Nationwide Department of Veterans Affairs databases were searched to identify patients with International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, Clinical Modification codes for a VP shunt who later had a cholecystectomy during fiscal years 1994 to 2003. Charts on these patients were obtained and reviewed. Results Twenty-three patients were deemed evaluable. Of these, 8 had laparoscopic converted to open cholecystectomies. All conversions were owing to dense adhesions. There were 2 cases of postoperative shunt infection that required shunt removal and replacement. Conclusions The rate of conversion from laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy was 57% in this study, significantly higher than the reported rate of conversion for patients without shunts in Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (5%). Cholecystectomy in adult patients with a preexisting ventriculoperitoneal shunt appears to result in a shunt infection rate similar to that reported after shunt insertion or revision.
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