title: Unusual ventriculoperitoneal shunt extrusion: experience with 5 cases and review of the literature.
abstract: Distal migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt is rare. We present this unusual complication in 5 patients. The lower end of the shunt was extruded from right lumbar region, cervical area, umbilicus and rectum. The cause of such extrusion is not known. The patients were managed by shunt removal followed by shunt replacement on the opposite side.
authors: Department of Pediatric Surgery, King George Medical University, Lucknow, India. doctor.ravi@yahoo.com
authors: Ravi
authors: R
authors: Kanojia
authors: Shandip K
authors: SK
authors: Sinha
authors: Jiledar
authors: J
authors: Rawat
authors: Ashish
authors: A
authors: Wakhlu
authors: Shivnarain
authors: S
authors: Kureel
authors: Rajkumar
authors: R
authors: Tandon
mesh_terms: D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation