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Transanal protrusion of subdural peritoneal shunt in the setting of appendicitis
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2018 Complications from shunts placed in the peritoneum, either ventriculoperitoneal or subdural, are varied. Perforation of hollow organs and subsequent natural orifice protrusion is a rare but well known complication.
Joseph Sujka +2 more
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The Orbital Volume Measurement in Patients With Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
, 2013 Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) operation is a surgical approach for treatment of increased intracranial pressure. There were reports of patients with congenital hydrocephalus who developed bilateral enophthalmos after ventriculoperitoneal shunt.2 We ...
SeungEun Lee; MooHwan Chang; SungEun E. Kyung
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Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Peritoneal Catheter Knot Formation [PDF]
, 2013 The ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is a common procedure in pediatric neurosurgery that carries a risk of complications at cranial and abdominal sites. We report on the case of a child with shunt infection and malfunction.
Mohamed Diya Sabbagh +4 more
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Intraoperative Fluoroscopy for Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement.
, 2016 OBJECTIVE Catheter malpositioning is one of the most frequent causes of ventriculoperitoneal shunt dysfunction and revision surgery. Most intraoperative tools used to improve the accuracy of catheter insertion are time consuming and expensive or do not ...
Coluccia D +5 more
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Cranial migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt
, 2017 We report a rare case of an 11-month male infant with cranial migration of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt assembly. The shunt chamber was lying inside the ventricles. At the time of shunt revision, outsized burr hole and wide dural opening were observed.
Pradeep Kumar Gupta +5 more
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Ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections in children : a 6-year study [PDF]
, 1991 CITATION: Cotton, M. F. et al. 1984. Ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections in children : a 6-year study. South African Medical Journal, 79:139-142.The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.zaIn a study of ventriculoperitoneal shunt ...
Burger, P. J. +3 more
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Delayed otogenic pneumocephalus complicating ventriculoperitoneal shunt
, 2012 Tension pneumocephalus complicating ventriculoperitoneal shunt is extremely rare. We report an elderly male who developed delayed tension pneumocephalus 12 months after ventriculoperitoneal shunt for hydrocephalus complicating aneurysmal subarachnoid ...
Anania, Carla Daniela. +4 more
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Ventriculoperitoneal shunt blockage by hydatid cyst
, 2013 Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is one of the commonest procedures done in neurosurgical practice throughout the world. One of the commonest problems after putting the VP shunt is the shunt obstruction, which can be due to varied causes.
Furqan A. Nizami +5 more
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Indian Journal of NeurosurgeryShunt surgery is a very common neurosurgical procedure for hydrocephalus. It is associated with numerous complications, and intraventricular shunt migration is one of rarest. Various mechanisms have been described to explain this rare entity.
Vikrant Yadav, Ravi Shankar Prasad
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, 2011 BACKGROUND: Ventriculoperitoneal shunting remains the most widely used neurosurgical procedure for the management of hydrocephalus, albeit with many complications. OBJECTIVE:
Anil Nanda +4 more
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