Retrograde migration of the abdominal catheter as a complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunts: the fishhook sign |
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| Authors: | Juan F. Martínez-Lage Máximo Poza Virginia Izura |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Regional Service of Neurosurgery, University Hospital !["ldquo"]("/content/x7l1v005g2832200/xlarge8220.gif") Virgen de Arrixaca!["rdquo"]("/content/x7l1v005g2832200/xlarge8221.gif") , El Palmar, E-30120 Murcia, Spain |
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| Abstract: | Three cases of retrograde migration of the distal catheter of ventriculoperitoneal shunts into the subcutaneous fibrous tract of the thoracic wall are reported. To the authors' knowledge this is the first time that this complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunts has been described. |
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| Keywords: | Hydrocephalus Shunt complications Ventriculoperitoneal shunts |
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