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  • Title: Extrusion of peritoneal catheter through abdominal incision: report of a rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt.
    Author: DeSousa AL, Worth RM.
    Journal: Neurosurgery; 1979 Oct; 5(4):504-6. PubMed ID: 160511.
    Abstract:
    A rare complication of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt is reported. The peritoneal catheter extruded through the well-healed abdominal incision. This is the first report of such an occurrence in an adult patient.
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