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Journal of Case Reports
Trans-Anal Extrusion of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: An Unusual Complication
Vijay Kumar Kundal, Raksha Kundal1, Mufique Gajdhar, Chetan Sharma,  Deepak Agarwal, Atul Meena
From the Department of Paediatric Surgery and Anaesthesia1,
S.M.S. Medical College & associated SPMCHI, Jaipur-302004, India.
Corresponding Author:
Dr. Vijay Kumar Kundal
Email: vijayraksha@yahoo.com
Received: 19-JAN-2013 Accepted: 01-FEB-2013 Published Online: 05-MAR-2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17659/01.2013.0020
Abstract
Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is the standard, time tested surgical procedure for the management of hydrocephalus. Complications associated with VP shunt remain to be persistent problem in clinical setting. However, trans-anal extrusion of VP shunt is rare but well known entity. We are reporting one such case in a six year old male child.
Keywords : Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt, Anal Canal, Hydrocephalus, Child.
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