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Case report: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt disconnection resulting in migration of the distal catheter entirely into the abdominal cavity due to seizure
Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt disconnection, a VP shunt complication, can be caused by several factors. We report the case of a young man who suffered VP shunt disconnection, and whose entire distal catheter migrated into the abdominal cavity due to a seizure. To our knowledge, risk factors for se...
Autores principales: | Yang, Xiang, Yang, Chaohua, Zhang, Yuekang |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9537736/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36211301 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2022.1012720 |
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