Peroral Extrusion of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: An Unusual Complication and Review of Literature

Peroral Extrusion of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: An Unusual Complication and Review of Literature

Several case reports regarding complications of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt have been published, but peroral extrusion of shunt tube is unusual and reported less frequently. A 4-year-old male child with previous history of VP shunt insertion for congenital hydrocephalus along with shunt revision...

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Main Authors: Ankit S. Shah, Daljit Singh, Poonam Loomba, Hukum Singh, Amit Mittal, Siddharth Srivastava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2016-11-01
Series:Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
Subjects:
peroral extrusion
ventriculoperitoneal shunt
gut perforation
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0036-1584586

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