Pleural effusion and respiratory compromise from spontaneous migration of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter in a patient with normal-pressure hydrocephalus

BACKGROUND: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) insertion is one of the most common neurosurgical procedures done around the world to treat hydrocephalus. The occurrence of spontaneous migration of the peritoneal shunt catheter into the thoracic cavity is a very rare complication; we report here case n...

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Autores principales: Walker, Richard W., Roman, Gustavo C., Zhang, Yi Jonathan, Acres, Omar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Scientific Scholar 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9479560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36128165
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_486_2022

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