Sclerosing peritonitis (abdominal cocoon syndrome). A complication of the LeVeen peritoneo-venous shunt;Peritonite incapsulante. Una complicanza dello shunt peritoneo-venoso di LeVeen

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 809-812

  Cudazzo, E ^a   Lucchini, A ^a   Puviani, P P ^a   Dondi, D ^a   Binacchi, S ^a   Bianchi, M ^a   Franzini, M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Peritoneo venous shunt; Peritoneum pathology; Peritonitis etiology

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COCOON SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PERITONEUM; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEOVENOUS SHUNT; PERITONEUM; PERITONITIS; SCLEROSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033512724     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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