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Case Reports
. 1979 Oct;5(4):504-6.
doi: 10.1227/00006123-197910000-00019.

Extrusion of peritoneal catheter through abdominal incision: report of a rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt

A L DeSousa, R M Worth
Case Reports

Extrusion of peritoneal catheter through abdominal incision: report of a rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt

A L DeSousa et al. Neurosurgery. 1979 Oct.

Abstract

A rare complication of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt is reported. The peritoneal catheter extruded through the well-healed abdominal incision. This is the first report of such an occurrence in an adult patient.

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