Ventriculoperitoneal shunt migration into the large bowel

Roland Z White^{1

2}, James Besanko¹, Ryash Vather¹, Matthew J Sampson^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
² School of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
³ Department of Radiology, Benson Radiology, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁴ School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Roland Z White et al. ANZ J Surg. 2021 Nov.

. 2021 Nov;91(11):E708-E710.

doi: 10.1111/ans.16759. Epub 2021 Mar 18.

Roland Z White^{1

2}, James Besanko¹, Ryash Vather¹, Matthew J Sampson^{3

4}

¹ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
² School of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
³ Department of Radiology, Benson Radiology, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁴ School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

No abstract available

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