Abstract

  Ventricular-peritoneal shunting (VPS) is common neurosurgical procedure in childhood and have many complication like malfunction infection and malposition, we present a case with a positioning of distal catheter in thoracic region.

Keywords: Pericardial Effusion; Ventricular-peritoneal Shunt; Shunt Dysfunction

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Citation

Citation: Amir Kamalifar., et al. “Distal Catheter Migration to Mediastina in Ventricular-peritoneal Shunt, a Case Report".Acta Scientific Neurology 3.8 (2020): 54-55.

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Copyright: © 2020 Amir Kamalifar., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.