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| Year : 2011 | Volume
: 16
| Issue : 1 | Page : 31-33 |
Perforation into gut by ventriculoperitoneal shunts: A report of two cases and review of the literature
Abdul Hai, Atia Z Rab, Imran Ghani, Muhammad F Huda, Abdul Q Quadir
Department of Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Abdul Hai
Aleem Manzil, Sir Syed Nagar, Civil Line, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, 202002
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.74521
We report two cases of gastrointestinal perforation by ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts and review the literature on the topic. The time interval between shunt surgery and detection of bowel perforation is minimum in infants and increases with age. Sigmoid and transverse colon followed by stomach are the most frequent sites of gastrointestinal perforations by VP shunts.
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