• 2-years-old girl
• Presented with symptoms of raised intracranial pressure
• CT scan showed dilated ventricles. The ventricular catheter had been disconnected from the shunt system and had fallen inside the cavity of the right lateral ventricle

EQUIPMENT USED

• StorzDecq endoscope with 30o optic lens
• Grabbing forceps

SURGICAL TIPS

• Find the part of the catheter which is in the ventricular cavity
• Pull the catheter inwards to find the proximal end
• Grab the catheter from the proximal end and pull it out by removing the endoscope while grabbing the catheter.