The use of laparoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of abdominal complications of ventriculo-peritoneal shunts in children

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 13, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 352-354

  Esposito, C ^a   Porreca, A ^a   Gangemi, M ^a   Garipoli, V ^a   De Pasquale, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Laparoscopy; Ventriculo peritoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0031802044     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830050337     Document Type: Article

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