Vp shunt replacement
 

Hi ,
I am getting ready for Vp shunt replacement ,Can some help me how much the surgery will cost in Nashville TN and what is the excepted no of days stay in hospital.

Can't say anything about cost (in a different region and go to a pediatric hospital) but the stay depends - most of our child's revisions have been one or two night stays - generally less than the time we've spent in hospital getting fluids/recovery because over draining makes my child very sick. We've never had other complications or infections with a revision (well, we've had revisions within two months of each other but the surgery recovery was not a problem, changing to a different shunt system helped). Have you had a revision before? Are you generally well at this time, do you have other factors that might complicate things, is this a new surgeon for you? The surgeon's office should be able to give you an idea on the shortest expected stay if all goes well. Call the hospital to give you an idea on the expected costs if there are no complications - or the insurance company should have some max expected patient costs.

I Am In The Same Boat. I Am 20 Years Old And Have Two VP Shunts Since Birth. Found Out Two Days Ago That My Shunt Has Fractured And I Am In Need Of A Replacement VP Shunt. I Am Concerned And Wondering What To Do About This. I've Never Had Problems Before And About A Year Ago I Started Getting Severe Headaches And Being Tired All The Time. My Doctor Says The Surgery Should Only Take Half Hour To An Hour To Complete. Is That Normal? And He Says I Will Not Need To Stay At The Hospital Overnight. Is This Normal As Well? Sorry, I Tend To Ramble When I Am Nervous And I Am Kinda Freaking Out About This.

Any Help Would Be Great!!

Half hour may do it. My daughter's initial placement and early revisions were 45 min for the surgery part (before slit ventricles, they don't always replace the proximal catheter). But delays due to other surgeries, getting IV in, and so forth happen and that half hour doesn't include coming out of anesthesia (so surgery is just the flight time, whole trip is more than that). I don't know if it is normal to not stay overnight, some times it is just observation. If you don't have someone at home catching any issues, that would be a problem.