Laparoscopy for a ventriculoperitoneal shunt tube dislocated into the colon.

Introduction: Implantation of a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is a standard procedure for hydrocephalus. Different complications can occur, one of them being migration of the distal end of the tube.

Case Description: The abdominal end of a VP shunt tube had migrated into the descending colon.

[Cervical arthroplasty using the Bryan Cervical Disc System].

Objective: Treatment of radicular or myelopathic symptoms of the vertebral segments from C2 through Th1.

Indications: Discogenic and/or spondylotic radiculopathy. Acute myelopathy.