A knot in the catheter - An unusual cause of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt blockage

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 146, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1055-1056

  Chopra, I ^a   Gnanalingham, Kanna ^a,b   Pal, D ^a   Peterson, D ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knot; Shunt blockage; Ventriculo peritoneal catheter

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MANOMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THALAMUS;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; THALAMUS; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 4544263924     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-004-0320-6     Document Type: Article

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