Perforation into gut by ventriculoperitoneal shunts: A report of two cases and review of the literature

We report two cases of gastrointestinal perforation by ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts and review the literature on the topic. The time interval between shunt surgery and detection of bowel perforation is minimum in infants and increases with age. Sigmoid and transverse colon followed by stomach ar...

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Autores principales: Hai, Abdul, Rab, Atia Z., Ghani, Imran, Huda, Muhammad F., Quadir, Abdul Q.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3047774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21430848
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.74521
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author Hai, Abdul
Rab, Atia Z.
Ghani, Imran
Huda, Muhammad F.
Quadir, Abdul Q.
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description We report two cases of gastrointestinal perforation by ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts and review the literature on the topic. The time interval between shunt surgery and detection of bowel perforation is minimum in infants and increases with age. Sigmoid and transverse colon followed by stomach are the most frequent sites of gastrointestinal perforations by VP shunts.
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spelling pubmed-30477742011-03-22 Perforation into gut by ventriculoperitoneal shunts: A report of two cases and review of the literature Hai, Abdul Rab, Atia Z. Ghani, Imran Huda, Muhammad F. Quadir, Abdul Q. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report We report two cases of gastrointestinal perforation by ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts and review the literature on the topic. The time interval between shunt surgery and detection of bowel perforation is minimum in infants and increases with age. Sigmoid and transverse colon followed by stomach are the most frequent sites of gastrointestinal perforations by VP shunts. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3047774/ /pubmed/21430848 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.74521 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Hai, Abdul
Rab, Atia Z.
Ghani, Imran
Huda, Muhammad F.
Quadir, Abdul Q.
Perforation into gut by ventriculoperitoneal shunts: A report of two cases and review of the literature
title Perforation into gut by ventriculoperitoneal shunts: A report of two cases and review of the literature
title_full Perforation into gut by ventriculoperitoneal shunts: A report of two cases and review of the literature
title_fullStr Perforation into gut by ventriculoperitoneal shunts: A report of two cases and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Perforation into gut by ventriculoperitoneal shunts: A report of two cases and review of the literature
title_short Perforation into gut by ventriculoperitoneal shunts: A report of two cases and review of the literature
title_sort perforation into gut by ventriculoperitoneal shunts: a report of two cases and review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3047774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21430848
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.74521
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