Delayed incidental diagnosis of postoperative extradural hematoma following ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Ventriculo peritoneal (VP) shunt uncommonly complicates as intracranial hematomas which can still occur in patients with a functioning VP shunt leading to a delay in the diagnosis which can be extremely dangerous and lead to adverse outcomes. We report a case of an incidental diagnosis of delayed po...

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Main Authors: Vinay Byrappa, Shruti Redhu, Bhadrinarayan Varadarajan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-3147.143211