Laparoscopic management of complicated ventriculoperitoneal shunts

Neurology India

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 269-270

  Jain, S ^a   Bhandarkar, Deepraj ^a   Shah, R ^b   Vengsarkar, U ^a  

^a Sir Hurkisondas Nurrotumdas Hospital & Research Centre   (India)

^b Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Laparoscopy; Shunt malfunction cerebrospinal fluid pseudocyst; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DROWSINESS; FEVER; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PSEUDOCYST; SEPSIS; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CYSTS; FATAL OUTCOME; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; REOPERATION; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0242610446     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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