Appendicitis in children with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-26

  Pumberger, Wolfgang ^a   Lobl M ^b   Geissler, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Donauspital SMZO ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Shunt infection; Ultrasound diagnosis; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT INFECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; APPENDICITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0031927975     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028613     Document Type: Article

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