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6375883

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-8-1
pubmed:abstractText
From 1971 to 1982, among 1 200 children with hydrocephalus cured by ventriculo-peritoneal shunt, 65 have presented an abdominal complication. Some of them are rare and easily explainable: 2 intra-operative viscus perforations, 1 intestinal obstruction, 3 extrusions of the catheter into an inguinal hernia. Also rare, C.S.F. ascites (5 cases) et C.S.F. pseudocysts (3 cases) presented with typical symptomatology easily diagnosed, but their etiology is not clear. The main complications are peritonitis without perforation (32 cases) and migrations of the catheter in the colon (19 cases): their etiology is an intra-operative bacterial contamination, they happen during the following weeks or months after the shunt procedure. They are associated with 8 among 9 deaths of our data by gram negative germ meningitis. Removal of the peritoneal catheter and temporary external shunt are their main treatment.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0180-5738
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
17-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
[Abdominal complications of ventriculo-peritoneal shunts in children. 65 cases].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract