Unusual complication of peritoneal drainage: migration of a shunt in the subdural space

Quite a number of cases of upward shunt migration have already been reported in the literature. The authors report the case of a newborn boy who presented a sequential alternate change of pressure gradients based, according to their opinion, on fields of pressures exerted by fluids in different comp...

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Published in:Child's nervous system 1989-02, Vol.5 (1), p.47-49
Main Authors: THAUVOY, C, KALLEL, S, MARION, B, SCHOLTES, J. L, STROOBANDT, G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts - adverse effects
Cerebrospinal fluid. Spinal cord. Spinal roots. Spinal nerves
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Medical sciences
Meninges
Neurosurgery
Peritoneum
Reoperation
Scrotum - diagnostic imaging
Subdural Space
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:Quite a number of cases of upward shunt migration have already been reported in the literature. The authors report the case of a newborn boy who presented a sequential alternate change of pressure gradients based, according to their opinion, on fields of pressures exerted by fluids in different compartments of the patient's body. The authors propose a physicoanatomical explanation on the basis of the surgical findings.
ISSN:0256-7040
1433-0350
DOI:10.1007/BF00706750