Silent bowel perforation and transanal prolapse of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt.

Autor: Digray NC; Division of Paediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Government Medical College, Jammu, J&K State, India 180 001., Thappa DR, Arora M, Mengi Y, Goswamy HL
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Pediatric surgery international [Pediatr Surg Int] 2000; Vol. 16 (1-2), pp. 94-5.
DOI: 10.1007/s003830050026
Abstrakt: A 2-year-old hydrocephalic child presenting with ventriculitis following intestinal perforation by a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is reported. The peritoneal end of the shunt had extruded through the anus without causing any abdominal signs. Removal of the shunt, external ventriculostomy, and antibiotics were effective treatment.
Databáze: MEDLINE