eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Medical Case Reports 2374-216X 2020-04-01 8 6 140 142 10.12691/ajmcr-8-6-1 AJMCR2020861 article Neeraj Salhotra neersal@hotmail.com 1 Samit Binewale 1 Bashar Al Tunbi 1 Livingston C 1 Faraz Qayyum Khan 1 Ahmed Tolba 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman Ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion is a common neurosurgical procedure performed by the surgeons. Complications are numerous but total cranial migration of the shunt is a rare thing to happen. We herewith one case of ours who underwent ventriculoperitoneal shunt for hydrocephalus encountered this complication and was managed accordingly. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajmcr/8/6/1/ajmcr-8-6-1.pdf shunt complications