Sunday, August 12, 2012

Threatened ventriculostomy shunt exposure: augmenting native soft tissue coverage with acellular der

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page 1-3, Ahead of Print.
Avoiding threatened ventriculostomy shunt exposure in the pediatric population remains a difficult problem for the neurosurgeon and reconstructive surgeon. In this case series, the authors present a novel method of augmenting scalp soft tissue with acellular dermal matrix (ADM) in patients with a history of ventricular shunt revisions. Soft tissue augmentation with ADM successfully prevented shunt exposure in 3 patients with a history of shunt revision due to impending exposure following conventional techniques.





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