Spontaneous extrusion of migrated ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter through chest wall: A case report;Ventriküloperitoneal şant takılması sonrası, peritoneal ucun kendiliǧinden göǧüs duvarından diş ortama açılması: Vaka sunumu

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-98

  Borkar, Sachin A ^a   Satyarthee, G D ^a   Khan, Rehan Nabee ^a   Sharma, B S ^a   Mahapatra, A K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Complications; Spontaneous catheter extrusion; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THORACIC WALL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 47049094809     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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