Severe constipation: An under-appreciated cause of VP shunt malfunction: A case-based update

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 431-435

  Martínez Lage, Juan F ^a,b   Martos Tello, José M ^a   Ros de San Pedro, Javier ^a   Almagro, María José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anorectal malformation; CSF shunt failure; Hydrocephalus; Neurogenic constipation; Programmable valves; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ANOPLASTY; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSTIPATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; IRRITABILITY; MACROCEPHALY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT MALFUNCTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VOMITING;

CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 40249086012     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0514-3     Document Type: Article

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