title: Migration of the peritoneal tip of a ventriculoperitoneal catheter causing shunt malfunction. Case illustration.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Pediatric Surgery, British Columbia's Children's Hospital, Children's and Women's Health Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Yee Chiung
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Steinbok
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects*