Migration of distal ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter into an inguinal hernia sac in an adult patient: a case report and literature review

ANZ J Surg. 2021 Nov;91(11):2538-2540. doi: 10.1111/ans.16741. Epub 2021 Mar 12.

Authors

Jason Trang¹, David McHarg², Brian Owler^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Sydney Adventist Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Sydney Adventist Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Discipline of Child Health and Paediatrics, Children's Hospital at Westmead, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 33710723
DOI: 10.1111/ans.16741

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Catheters
Foreign-Body Migration* / diagnostic imaging
Foreign-Body Migration* / etiology
Hernia, Inguinal* / surgery
Humans
Prostheses and Implants
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / adverse effects