Post-traumatic fractured ventriculo-peritoneal shunt presenting as shunt failure

Abstract

Shunt malfunction is very common in neurosurgical day-to-day practice. We report for the first time a case of shunt malfunction resulting from breakage of the ventriculo-peritoneal shunt system following a fall and subsequent trauma to the head.

Keywords

Shunt malfunction - Shunt fracture - Head injury

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