Colonic perforation as a complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt: A case report

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 353-355

  Martinez Hernandez Magro P ^a   Barrera Roman C ^a   Villanueva Saenz E ^a   Zavala, M J ^a  

^a National Medical Center 21St Century   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Abdominal complications; Colonic perforation; Therapeutic options; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COLON PERFORATION; DESCENDING COLON; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGMOID;

ADULT; COLON; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 33846442354     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-006-0308-8     Document Type: Article

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