Spontaneous umbilical CSF fistula in an adult as a complication of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 244-246

  Woon, K ^a   Yap, Y ^a   Cartmill, M ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CSF fistula; Umbilicus; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; UMBILICUS; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 33748488848     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690600852746     Document Type: Article

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