Laparoscopic intervention for late-onset perforating peritonitis due to a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: a case report and literature review

BACKGROUND: Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt placement is commonly performed to treat hydrocephalus and complications are not uncommon. We report here a case of generalized peritonitis caused by migration of the abdominal end of a VP shunt catheter into the bowel after multiple VP shunt revisions ove...

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Autores principales: Morinaga, Takeshi, Nakahara, Osamu, Tsuji, Akira, Kuramoto, Kunitaka, Iizaka, Masayoshi, Hayashida, Shintaro, Ohya, Yuki, Hitoshi, Yasuyuki, Inomata, Yukihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10477156/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37665490
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-023-01737-1

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