Repeat fracture of shunts in ventriculoperitoneal shunting with pelvic migration: An African teen case report with literature review

Ventriculoperitoneal shunting is the most common procedure performed to cure hydrocephalus. It is also the most failure prone. Mechanical late complications as shunt fracture or shunt migration are fairly often common in childhood. Mostly described in worldwide Literature, both complications in a ca...

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Main Authors: Alain Jibia, Blondel N. Oumarou, Mahamat Adoum, Serge Abogo, Serge Nga Nomo, Gisèle Chewa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-03-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751921002930