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Shunt Surgery, Right Heart Catheterization, and Vascular Morphometry in a Rat Model for Flow-induced Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
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Wandering distal ends of ventriculo-peritoneal shunts
Abstract:
Spontaneous migration with extrusion of the distal catheter is an unusual complication of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt for hydrocephalus. Four instances of disconnection migration are reported: one into a patent processus vaginalis and three extruding per rectum.

