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Spontaneous externalization of peritoneal catheter through the abdominal wall in a patient with hydrocephalus: a case report

Since 1905, the abdominal cavity has been used for absorption of cerebrospinal fluid in patients with hydrocephalus. We report a case of a 33-year-old female, in which a spontaneous extrusion of the peritoneal catheter of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt through the intact abdominal wall occurred. We s...

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Autores principales: Birbilis, Theodossios, Theodoropoulou, Efthimia, Matis, Georgios
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769325/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918555
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-6898