Shunt tube problems due to placement of valves on the chest wall - Three case reports

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 342-344

  Tsurushima, Hideo ^a,b   Harakuni, Tsuyoshi ^a   Saito, Atsushi ^a   Hyodo, Akio ^a   Yoshii, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Disconnection; Dislocation; Shunt malfunction; Valve on the chest wall; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SHUNTING; THORAX WALL; TUBE;

EID: 0033921564     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.40.342     Document Type: Article

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