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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., Hartzenberg, B., Cotton, M. F., Donald, P. R.   +3 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, Pragya Chaturvedi, Praveen Mathur, Rahul Gupta, Sunil Mehra, Ramendra Shukla   +5 more
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Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Outcomes among Infants

, 2015
Ventriculoperitoneal shunts (VPSs) are used for the treatment of hydrocephalus. Here we analyzed the outcomes of VPS placements in 24 infants to determine the risk factors for shunt failure.
Watanabe, Hirokazu, Miyazawa, Mari, Nishiuchi, Ritsuo, Kanazawa, Akane, Nakata, Yusei, Tokorodani, Chiho, Kikkawa, Kiyoshi, Iwasaki, Yuka, Murayama, Hidehiko, Shigemitsu, Yusuke   +9 more
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Ventriculoperitoneal shunting

Asian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2016
Tin, Sim Sai, Wiwanitkit, Viroj
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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, Nayil K. Malik, Abdul Q. Khan, Abrar A. Wani, Ashish Kumar, Altaf U. Ramzan   +5 more
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Complete Intraventricular Migration of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: Once in a Blue Moon Phenomenon of Shunt Surgery

Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
Shunt 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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A Study on Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infections. [PDF]

, 2006
INTRODUCTION : Neurosurgeon Dr. James Drake writes “Perhaps no neurosurgical complication is as distressing as a CSF shunt infection”. The placement and revision of ventriculoperitoneal shunt remains a mainstay in the surgical treatment of ...
Vidhya Rani, R
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Hydrothorax due to migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter

, 2018
A cerebrospinal fluid hydrothorax is a very rare complication following ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt and usually reported in children. We report a case of 47-year-old woman who developed massive hydrothorax and respiratory distress following ...
김상진, 서의교, 조용재
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HemaSphere, Volume 10, Issue S1, June 2026.
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Laparoscopic cecal cancer resection in a patient with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: A case report

, 2013
INTRODUCTIONThe presence of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt has been considered to be a contraindication for laparoscopic surgery till date; however, laparoscopic cholecystectomy was recently reported as safe for patients with this shunt.PRESENTATION OF ...
Nakayama, Yoshifumi, Uehara, Tomohito, Torigoe, Takayuki, Yamaguchi, Koji, Arase, Koichi, Koui, Shiro   +5 more
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