Ventriculoperitoneal shunt knot: A rare cause of bowel obstruction and ischemia

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-240

  Starreveld, Yves ^a   Poenaru, Dan ^a,b   Ellis, Peter ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE NECROSIS; INTESTINE RESECTION; LAPAROTOMY; NEWBORN; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT;

DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; ISCHEMIA; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0031842331     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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