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Cranial Migration of Ventriculo Peritoneal Shunt: An Unusual Complication

1Department of Neurosurgery, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman


American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2020, Vol. 8 No. 6, 140-142
DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-8-6-1
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Neeraj Salhotra, Samit Binewale, Bashar Al Tunbi, Livingston C, Faraz Qayyum Khan, Ahmed Tolba. Cranial Migration of Ventriculo Peritoneal Shunt: An Unusual Complication. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2020; 8(6):140-142. doi: 10.12691/ajmcr-8-6-1.

Correspondence to: Neeraj  Salhotra, Department of Neurosurgery, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman. Email: neersal@hotmail.com

Abstract

Ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion is a common neurosurgical procedure performed by the surgeons. Complications are numerous but total cranial migration of the shunt is a rare thing to happen. We herewith one case of ours who underwent ventriculoperitoneal shunt for hydrocephalus encountered this complication and was managed accordingly.

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