Unintentional aortic puncture during lumboperitoneal shunt placement

Unintentional aortic puncture has not been reported during lumboperitoneal (LP) shunt placement. A patient with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) had arrest of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow after each of 3 punctures for LP shunt placement. Because of that, bone was removed from 2 adjacent spinous...

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Main Authors: Alexander E. Shearin, Nazih A. Moufarrij
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751920304692