BREAKAGE OF SHUNT DEVICES (SOPHY PROGRAMMABLE PRESSURE VALVE) FOLLOWING IMPLANTATION IN THE HYPOCHONDRIAC REGION

Authors
AIHARA N TAKAGI T HASHIMOTO N FUKUSHIMA T KARASAWA K FUSE T
Citation
N. Aihara et al., BREAKAGE OF SHUNT DEVICES (SOPHY PROGRAMMABLE PRESSURE VALVE) FOLLOWING IMPLANTATION IN THE HYPOCHONDRIAC REGION, Child's nervous system, 13(11-12), 1997, pp. 636-638
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Pediatrics
Journal title
Child's nervous system → ACNP
ISSN journal
02567040
Volume
13
Issue
11-12
Year of publication
1997
Pages
636 - 638
Database
ISI
SICI code
0256-7040(1997)13:11-12<636:BOSD(P>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We report on three cases in which shunt devices (Sophy programmable pr essure valve) broke while implanted in the hypochondriac region. None of these patients had an apparent history of trauma related to the shu nt valve. The outlet connector was broken at the same site in each cas e. The dissociation between the movement of the thorax and that of the abdomen may have caused the formation of a crack in the outlet connec tor.