Sub-galeal coiling of the proximal and distal components of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt: An unusual complication and proposed mechanism

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 493-495

  Dominguez, C J ^a   Tyagi, A ^a   Hall, G ^a   Timothy, J ^a   Chumas, P D ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Proximal and distal migration; Retained memory; Sub galeal coiling; Ventriculo peritoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERITONEAL CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033852834     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00007294     Document Type: Article

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