A CASE OF ASYMPTOMATIC PASSAGE PER-RECTUM OF A FRACTURED REDUNDANT PERITONEAL CATHETER FROM A VENTRICULO-PERITONEAL SHUNT

Authors
ASHPOLE R BOULTON R HOLMES AE
Citation
R. Ashpole et al., A CASE OF ASYMPTOMATIC PASSAGE PER-RECTUM OF A FRACTURED REDUNDANT PERITONEAL CATHETER FROM A VENTRICULO-PERITONEAL SHUNT, European journal of pediatric surgery, 5(5), 1995, pp. 280-281
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Pediatrics
Journal title
European journal of pediatric surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
09397248
Volume
5
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
280 - 281
Database
ISI
SICI code
0939-7248(1995)5:5<280:ACOAPP>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Over 30 cases of perforation of the bowel have been described by intac t peritoneal catheters of ventriculo-peritoneal and some lumbo-periton eal shunts. Because of this risk it is advocated that redundant or fre e fractured or disconnected peritoneal catheters should if possible be removed from the abdomen; although we could find no reports of morbid ity from such free fragments. We describe a case of extrusion per-rect um of a redundant fractured peritoneal catheter which it had not been possible to retrieve after a revision procedure.