Literature DB >> 3890413

Wandering distal ends of ventriculo-peritoneal shunts.

S Prabhu, W Cochran, A F Azmy.   

Abstract

Spontaneous migration with extrusion of the distal catheter is an unusual complication of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt for hydrocephalus. Four instances of disconnection migration are reported: one into a patent processus vaginalis and three extruding per rectum.

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Year:  1985        PMID： 3890413     DOI： 10.1055/s-2008-1059719

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Z Kinderchir        ISSN： 0174-3082


  2 in total

1.  Rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt. Early onset of distal catheter migration into scrotum in an adult male: Case report and literature review.

Authors:  Bryan S Lee; Sumeet Vadera; Jorge A Gonzalez-Martinez
Journal:  Int J Surg Case Rep       Date:  2014-12-11

2.  Avoiding the pocket: A case report of coiling of distal shunt catheter into subcutaneous pocket.

Authors:  Richard Justin Garling; Sandeep Sood; Carolyn Anne Harris
Journal:  Int J Surg Case Rep       Date:  2017-10-10
  2 in total

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