Referred shoulder pain from ventriculoperitoneal shunts: Report of three cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages 218-220

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a,b   Wellons III, John C ^a   Blount, Jeffrey P ^a   Grabb, Paul A ^a   Oakes, W Jerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Pediatric neurosurgery; Peripheral nerve; Referred pain; Visceral

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PERITONEAL CATHETER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RANGE OF MOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOULDER PAIN; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; EQUIPMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HYDROCEPHALUS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOULDER PAIN; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 26944489127     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.2.0218     Document Type: Article

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