[Acute abdominal complications of ventriculoperitoneal shunts]. / Complicaciones abdominales graves de las derivaciones ventriculoperitoneales.
Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex
; 37(1): 43-50, 1980.
Article
em Es
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7352968
A review of critical abdominal complications is made in 150 patients operated on for hydrocephalus in the surgical and neurosurgical services of the Hospital Infantil Legaria through the years 1975--1976. We found 3 colonic perforations (cecum, transverse and rectum), one abdominal perforation, one through the umbilicus, one in vagina, 1 case of plastic peritonitis and two with ascitis. In the majority of cases, such complications were satisfactorily solved; sometimes by extraction of the derivative systems, and some others by primary closure of the lesions. We only had one death. In a larger percentage, other complications were observed, being in order of frequency the following: distal catheter obstruction, proximal obstruction, infection and abdominal wall cysts. We analysed the association with spina bifida (meningocele o myelomeningocele), frequency related to age, sex, etiology and type of shunt. We reviewed the literature and suggest general measures tending to avoid such complications.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Derivações do Líquido Cefalorraquidiano
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Hidrocefalia
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Newborn
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex
Ano de publicação:
1980
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
México