A significant number of abdominal complications of ventriculoperitoneal shunts have been reported. Laparoscopy has proved to be extremely useful in the diagnosis and treatment of a number of these cases. A rare case of abdominal wall perforation is described. At laparoscopy the route taken by the catheter was detected, and the latter freed from adhesions and repositioned in the peritoneal cavity, with optimal functional results.
Laparoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of an unusual complication of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt / Porreca, A; de Luca, U; Gangemi, Michelangelo; Donati, Pa; Esposito, Ciro. - In: ENDOSCOPY. - ISSN 0013-726X. - STAMPA. - 19:(1987), pp. 84-85.
Laparoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of an unusual complication of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt
GANGEMI, MICHELANGELO;ESPOSITO, CIRO
1987
Abstract
A significant number of abdominal complications of ventriculoperitoneal shunts have been reported. Laparoscopy has proved to be extremely useful in the diagnosis and treatment of a number of these cases. A rare case of abdominal wall perforation is described. At laparoscopy the route taken by the catheter was detected, and the latter freed from adhesions and repositioned in the peritoneal cavity, with optimal functional results.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
