Retrieval of a disconnected ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter by laparoscopy in a newborn child: case report
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W Deinsberger1, M Langhans, M Winking
1Neurosurgical Clinic, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.
Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery : MIN
|September 1, 1995
Abstract:
In rare cases the peritoneal catheter of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt dislodges from the valve and the peritoneal tube migrates into the peritoneal cavity. For retrieval of the free intraperitoneal shunt, tube laparoscopy is the initial method of choice.