Table 1 Summary of pediatric cases of pleural effusion secondary to VP shunt insertion published on PubMed

Hadzikaric N [1]

16 mo

No intrathoracic migration

Thoracentesis, VA derivation positioning

2 mo

Akyuz M [7]

12 ys

Intrathoracic migration

Shunt review

5 mo

Faillace WJ [9]

4 mo

No intrathoracic migration

Thoracentesis, VA positioning

1 mo

Dickman CA [11]

1 mo

Intrathoracic migration

Thoracentesis

5 days

Gupta AK [15]

NA

NA

NA

NA

Martínez-Lage JF [16]

9 ys, 5 ys

NA

NA

NA

Ratliff M [17]

4 ys

No intrathoracic migration

Thoracentesis

1 day

Glatstein MM [18]

10 ys

Intrathoracic migration

Thoracentesis

10 ys

Samdani AF [19]

13 ys

Intrathoracic migration

Thoracentesis, VP shunt replacement

13 ys

Di Roio C [20]

20 mo

Intrathoracic migration

Thoracentesis, shunt review

20 mo

Cooper JR [21]

7 mo

Intrathoracic migration

Thoracentesis, shunt review

21 days

Kiran NA [22]

9 mo

Intrathoracic migration

Thoracentesis

3 mo

Ergun R [23]

5 mo

Intrathoracic migration

VP shunt replacement

3 mo

Karapolat S [24]

7 ys

Intrathoracic migration

Thoracothomy, VP shunt replacement

2 mo

Martin LM [25]

3 ys

Intrathoracic migration

Thoracentesis, shunt review

8 mo

Çakin H [26]

5 mo

Intrathoracic migration

Shunt review

5 mo

O’Halloran PJ [27]

5 ys

No intrathoracic migration

Thoracentesis, shunt review, VA derivation positioning

2 ys

Chuen-im P [28]

5 ys

No intrathoracic migration

Thoracentesis, pleurodesis, intracranial endoscopic choroid plexus coagulation

5 ys

Kocaogullar Y [29]

5 ys

No intrathoracic migration

Thoracentesis, VP removall,VA derivation positioning

4.7 ys

Born M [30]

2.5 ys

No intrathoracic migration

Thoracentesis, shunt review

1.5 ys

Adeolu AA [31]

8 ys

No intrathoracic migration

Shunt review

2.5 mo

Smith JC [32]

14 mo

No intrathoracic migration

Thoracentesis, shunt externalization

2.5 mo