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A facility reported a certas valve (id: 828817pl) changed settings:
on (b)(6) 2025, it was programmed to 2.On (b)(6) 2026, the patient underwent an x-ray and presented to the emergency room (er) with a suspected shunt malfunction.A computed tomography (ct) scan performed the same day revealed a shunt disconnection.The right frontal approach ventricular catheter tip had migrated to the suprasellar cistern in the vicinity of the optic chiasm, and the proximal aspect of the ventricular catheter appeared detached from the shunt valve.The ventricular caliber had slightly increased, particularly in the temporal horns, which may reflect developing hydrocephalus.Also on (b)(6) 2026, the patient underwent magnetic resonance imaging (mri).Following the mri, the patient was taken to the operating room (or) to reattach the catheter to the valve.In the operating room, the medtronic strata programming tool was erroneously used to reset the shunt to 2.0 (a medtronic setting, not a certas plus setting).However, an x-ray taken on (b)(6) 2026, revealed that the certas valve was set to 4.The patient was exposed to a 1.5t ge magnet.
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