Recommendations on screening mammography in patients with ventriculoperitoneal shunts and deep brain stimulation

Bi Yi Chen; Christine Mau; Stephen Santoreneos

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2023.08.019

Recommendations on screening mammography in patients with ventriculoperitoneal shunts and deep brain stimulation

J Clin Neurosci. 2023 Oct:116:48-49. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2023.08.019. Epub 2023 Aug 23.

Authors

Bi Yi Chen¹, Christine Mau², Stephen Santoreneos³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, 1 Port Road, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, 1 Port Road, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, 1 Port Road, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia; Australasian Shunt Registry Committee, Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, Australia.

PMID: 37625219
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2023.08.019

Abstract

Insertion of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt and deep brain stimulation (DBS) are common neurosurgical procedures. Concerns have been raised regarding the safety of mammography in this patient cohort due to the risk of damaging the VP shunt tubing or DBS implantable pulse generator, and the degradation in mammography image quality secondary to the implanted devices. Based on a review of the current literature, the authors propose that mammography is safe in patients with VP shunts and DBS, and should be performed routinely as a part of population screening.

Keywords: Deep brain stimulation; Mammography; Screening; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Breast Neoplasms*
Deep Brain Stimulation
Early Detection of Cancer
Female
Humans
Mammography* / adverse effects
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt