Spontaneous bowel perforation after ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery: Case report and a review of 45 cases

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 388-396

  Sathyanarayana, Satish ^a   Wylen, Esther L ^a   Baskaya, Mustafa K ^a   Nanda, Anil ^a  

^a Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowel perforation; VP shunt complications; VP shunt surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0034491706     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(00)00334-7     Document Type: Article

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