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. 2010 Oct 6:1:59.
doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.70852.

Shunt fracture in two children with myelomeningocele following spine surgery

Nazanin Baradaran  1 , Farideh Nejat, Nima Baradaran, Mostafa El Khashab
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Shunt fracture in two children with myelomeningocele following spine surgery

Nazanin Baradaran et al. Surg Neurol Int. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Chest X-ray of the patient shows no catheter in this view and cut of the catheter at the neck
Figure 2
Figure 2
Photography from the back shows the scarred myelomeningocele sac
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