Peripheral facial palsy following ventriculoperitoneal shunt. The lesson we have learned

The most frequent complications after shunt surgery are infective and obstructive. Other types are less common, and eventually occur due to technical errors during brain ventricular puncture, opening the intraperitoneal cavity or the tunnelling of the catheter between the two points. Although rare,...

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Main Authors: Nicola Alberio, M.D., Rosario Maugeri, M.D. PhD, Raffaele Alessandrello, M.D., Giovanni Cinquemani, M.D., Cesare Gambadoro, M.D., Rita Lipani, M.D., Francesco Nobile, M.D., Luca Ruggeri, M.D., Angelo Spitaleri, Domenico Gerardo Iacopino, M.D. PhD, Natale Francaviglia, M.D., Roberto Battaglia, M.D., Salvatore Cicero, M.D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-09-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751917302608