Bowel perforation caused by peritoneal shunt catheters: Diagnosis and treatment

Neurosurgery

Volumn 58, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Vinchon, Matthieu ^a   Baroncini, Marc ^a   Laurent, Thines ^a   Patrick, Dhellemmes ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Bowel perforation; Hydrocephalus; Peritoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFECTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGITIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PERITONEAL CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SHUNT INFECTION; SHUNTING; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 33644612343     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000192683.26584.34     Document Type: Review

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