Transient ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction after chronic constipation: Case report and review of literature

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 455-458

  Muzumdar, Dattatraya ^a   Ventureyra, Enrique C G ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constipation; Distal catheter; Hydrocephalus; Malfunction; Shunt block; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

FLEET ENEMA; MINERAL OIL; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; TOLTERODINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NAUSEA; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PERITONEAL CATHETER; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHUNT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CONSTIPATION; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 34248654050     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0232-2     Document Type: Article

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