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  • Title: Umbilical fistula as a complication of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt.
    Author: Pompili A, Cianfriglia F.
    Journal: Surg Neurol; 1979 Aug; 12(2):129-30. PubMed ID: 515904.
    Abstract:
    Two cases of CSF umbilical fistula in children with ventriculo-peritoneal shunt are reported. In the first at exploratory laparotomy there was a persistent umbilical vein and in the second a diffuse perivisceritis. Only three cases of this complication of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt have been reported in the literature.
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