title: Two unusual complications of ventriculo-peritoneal shunts. Report of two cases.
abstract: Two cases in which thoracal extrusion and cervical disconnection complicated ventriculo-peritoneal shunts are reported. Other complications of distal shunts are also reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Medical Faculty Department of Neurosurgery, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ceylan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuzeyli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kalelioğlu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aktürk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000601:surgery*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000295:instrumentation*