An unusual ventriculoperitoneal shunt complication: spontaneous knot formation

This article aims to describe an extraordinary complication of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt system that formed a knot spontaneously and lead to a shunt malfunction. A 3-year-old male patient was operated due to posttraumatic hydrocephalus. After an uneventful follow-up period of 34 months, he presen...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Turkish neurosurgery 2012, Vol.22 (2), p.261-264
Hauptverfasser:	Borcek, Alp Ozgun, Civi, Soner, Golen, Mustafa, Emmez, Hakan, Baykaner, M Kemali
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Child, Preschool Equipment Failure Foreign-Body Migration - surgery Humans Hydrocephalus - diagnostic imaging Hydrocephalus - surgery Male Radiography Reoperation - methods Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt - adverse effects Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt - instrumentation
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