Intracardiac migration and knotting of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Gert Frahm-Jensen; Peter R. Newton; Katharine J. Drummond; Tim P. Wagner; Barend M.E. Mees

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2014.10.020

Intracardiac migration and knotting of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Gert Frahm-Jensen, Peter R. Newton^*, Katharine J. Drummond, Tim P. Wagner, Barend M.E. Mees

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We report a patient with delayed migration of the distal ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter from the peritoneum to the right atrium with associated knotting of the catheter complicating removal. We also review the literature on this topic.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	771-773
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
Volume	22
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2014.10.020
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Intracardiac migration and knotting of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt

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