Transanal presentation of a distal ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter: Management of bowel perforation without laparotomy.

CONCLUSIONS: A subset of patients can be managed without laparotomy and only with externalization of the ventricular shunt with antibiotics until the cerebrospinal fluid cultures finalize without growth. PMID: 28194303 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28194303?dopt=Abstract

Source: Surgical Neurology International - February 16, 2017 Category: Neurosurgery Tags: Surg Neurol Int Source Type: research