Small bowel obstruction secondary to incomplete removal of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: case report.
Small bowel obstruction and partial enteral loss secondary to entrapment by an incompletely removed ventriculoperitoneal shunt is a previously unreported hazard.
Hlavin
M L
ML
Department of Surgery, Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.
Mapstone
T B
TB
Gauderer
M W
MW
D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography