Shunt dysfunction due to calcification of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt: A case report

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 210-211

  Çakir, Ertuǧrul ^a,b   Kuzeyli, Kayhan ^a   Usul, Haydar ^a   Peksoylu, Bekircan ^a   Karaarslan, Gökalp ^a   Yildiz, Kadriye ^a  

^a BLACK SEA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Calcification; Complication; Disconnection; Shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; VOMITING;

EID: 1342325571     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2003.02.012     Document Type: Article

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