Migration of the Abdominal Catheter of a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt into the Scrotum: Case Report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 313-315

  Özveren, M Faik ^a   Kazez, Ahmet ^a   Çetin, Hasan ^a   Ziyal, Ibrahim M ^b  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

hydrocephalus; myelomeningocele; processus vaginalis; scrotum; ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEWBORN; PERITONEAL CATHETER; SCROTUM DISORDER;

CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FOREIGN BODIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SCROTUM; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0032933266     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.39.313     Document Type: Article

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