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Bowel perforation by lumbar-peritoneal (LP) shunt: A rare complication of neurosurgery

INTRODUCTION: Lumbar-peritoneal (LP) and ventriculo-peritoneal (VP) shunt placement is the treatment of choice for diversion of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the subarachnoid space into the peritoneal cavity. This invasive procedure has been associated with several complications, most commonly infe...

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Autores principales: Kornaropoulos, Michail, Makris, Marinos, Modestou, Elia, Karatzias, Vasileios, Krikelis, Apostolos, Thanopoulos, Aristomenis, Liapi, Artemis, Mitrousias, Apostolos, Katsogiannos, Dimitris, Kokkalas, Georgios, Zevlas, Andreas, Gettimis, Evripidis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5927809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29529543
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.02.031