Ventriculoperitoneal shunt occlusion due to spontaneous intraabdominal knot formation in the catheter: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages 231-232

  Woerdeman, Peter A ^a,b   Hanlo, Patrick W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complication; Pediatric neurosurgery; Shunt; Shunt obstruction; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL ERROR; TREATMENT FAILURE; INSTRUMENTATION; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEWBORN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 33750134548     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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