Migration of a lumboperitoneal shunt catheter into the spinal canal: Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 97-99

  Satow, T ^a   Motoyama, Y ^a   Yamazoe, N ^a   Isaka, F ^a   Higuchi, K ^a   Nabeshima, S ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lumboperitoneal shunt; Spinal migration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LUMBOPERITONEAL SHUNT; SPINE;

FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SPINAL CANAL; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0035076396     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.41.97     Document Type: Article

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