Abdominal pseudocysts complicating CSF shunting in infants and children: Report of 18 cases

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 274-278

  Salomão, J Francisco ^a,b   Leibinger, René D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid pseudocyst; Hydrocephalus; Shunt complication; Shunt malfunction; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PERITONEAL CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; SHUNT INFECTION;

EID: 0033507084     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028875     Document Type: Article

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