A CASE OF ASYMPTOMATIC PASSAGE PER-RECTUM OF A FRACTURED REDUNDANT PERITONEAL CATHETER FROM A VENTRICULO-PERITONEAL SHUNT

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作者
ASHPOLE, R [1 ]
BOULTON, R [1 ]
HOLMES, AE [1 ]
机构
[1] ADDENBROOKES HOSP,DEPT NEUROSURG,CAMBRIDGE,ENGLAND
关键词
V-P SHUNT; FREE FRAGMENT; ABDOMINAL PERFORATION; PER-RECTAL PASSAGE;
D O I
10.1055/s-2008-1066225
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R72 [儿科学];
学科分类号
100202 ;
摘要
Over 30 cases of perforation of the bowel have been described by intact peritoneal catheters of ventriculo-peritoneal and some lumbo-peritoneal shunts. Because of this risk it is advocated that redundant or free fractured or disconnected peritoneal catheters should if possible be removed from the abdomen; although we could find no reports of morbidity from such free fragments. We describe a case of extrusion per-rectum of a redundant fractured peritoneal catheter which it had not been possible to retrieve after a revision procedure.
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