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Displacement of peritoneal end of a shunt tube to pleural cavity: A case report

BACKGROUND: The common treatment for hydrocephalus is insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. Shunt tube displacement is one of the common complications. Most shunt tube displacements occur in children and has a reportedly lower incidence in adults. CASE SUMMARY: This study reports an adult patie...

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Autores principales: Liu, Jie, Guo, Mian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7559650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33083433
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v8.i19.4676