CSF hydrothorax - VP shunt complication without displacement of a peritoneal catheter

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 179-182

  Hadzikaric, N ^a   Nasser, M ^a   Mashani, A ^a   Ammar, A ^b  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b El Salam Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid shunts; Complication; Hydrocephalus; Thorax; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CIRCULATION DISORDER; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PERITONEAL CATHETER; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SAFETY; SYMPTOM; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYDROTHORAX; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; IOHEXOL; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REOPERATION; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0036555932     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810100504     Document Type: Article

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