Scrotal perforation by a ventriculoperitoneal shunt

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 443-444

  Rehm, A ^a,b   Bannister, C M ^a   Victoratos, G ^a  

^a NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Scrotal perforation; Shunt infection; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM DISORDER; SHUNT INFECTION; SHUNTING; SKIN INJURY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EPENDYMOMA; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE; SCROTUM; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0030821904     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699745970     Document Type: Article

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