CSF fistula through the umbilicus following a shunt surgery: A case report and literature review

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 396-398

  Mohindra, Sandeep ^a   Singla, Navneet ^a   Gupta, Rahul ^a   Gupta, Sunil Kumar ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

CSF fistula; Umbilicus; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SHUNTING; SHUNTOGRAM; UMBILICUS;

FISTULA; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; UMBILICUS; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 34548427884     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106389     Document Type: Article

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