Peripheral facial palsy following ventriculoperitoneal shunt. The lesson we have learned
The most frequent complications after shunt surgery are infective and obstructive. Other types are less common, and eventually occur due to technical errors during brain ventricular puncture, opening the intraperitoneal cavity or the tunnelling of the catheter between the two points. Although rare,...
Main Authors: | Nicola Alberio, M.D., Rosario Maugeri, M.D. PhD, Raffaele Alessandrello, M.D., Giovanni Cinquemani, M.D., Cesare Gambadoro, M.D., Rita Lipani, M.D., Francesco Nobile, M.D., Luca Ruggeri, M.D., Angelo Spitaleri, Domenico Gerardo Iacopino, M.D. PhD, Natale Francaviglia, M.D., Roberto Battaglia, M.D., Salvatore Cicero, M.D. |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Elsevier
2018-09-01
|
Series: | Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751917302608 |
Similar Items
-
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt complications: A review
by: Michelle Paff, M.D., et al.
Published: (2018-09-01) -
Supradiaphragmatic intrathoracic migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt with “double bending sign”
by: Shunta Tsuchida, MD, et al.
Published: (2022-08-01) -
Bowel perforation and anal ventriculoperitoneal shunt migration: A systematic review
by: Khelifa Adel, MD, et al.
Published: (2024-04-01) -
A novel case of congenital hepatic arterio-veno-portal shunts with umbilical vein aneurysm
by: Daisuke Hitaka, M.D., et al.
Published: (2021-11-01) -
Technical and anatomical aspects of endoscopically assisted septostomy in unilateral ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement for the management of isolated lateral ventricles
by: Mohammad H. Mohammad, MD, et al.
Published: (2017-12-01)