Protrusion of a peritoneal catheter through the umblicus: an unusual complication of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt.
Protrusion of a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt through the umblicus is one of the rare complications of shunt insertion reported in the medical literature. One such case is presented here in a child in whom a VP shunt had been placed for congenital hydrocephalus.
Wani
Abrar A
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Department of Neurosurgery, Sher-i Kashmir Institute of medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, India.
Ramzan
Altaf
A
Wani
M A
MA
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D014472:Umbilicus; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects*