[A rare complication of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt: intracranial migration of the derivative system]

P Drigo; G L Casara; A M Laverda; E Degan; P L Longatti; P Zampieri; A Carteri

[A rare complication of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt: intracranial migration of the derivative system]

Pediatr Med Chir. 1983 Nov-Dec;5(6):623-4.

[Article in Italian]

Authors

P Drigo, G L Casara, A M Laverda, E Degan, P L Longatti, P Zampieri, A Carteri

PMID: 6397724

Abstract

Two cases of intracranial migration of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt are described. The Authors discussed the possible pathogenesis and the surgical techniques required to prevent this rare complication.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Cerebral Ventricles*
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / adverse effects*
Female
Foreign Bodies*
Foreign-Body Migration*
Humans
Hydrocephalus / surgery
Infant
Male