Iatrogenic pneumothorax after ventriculoperitoneal shunt: an unusual complication and a review of the literature
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Iatrogenic pneumothorax after ventriculoperitoneal shunt: an unusual complication and a review of the literature.
A patient received a ventriculoperitoneal shunt operation for hydrocephalus after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Postoperative computed tomography incidentally revealed asymptomatic pneumothorax caused by a shunt tube passing through the thoracic space. The patient was observed without removal of the tube or chest drainage, with the expectation of spontaneous recovery. However, the pneumothorax was n...
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عنوان ژورنال: Turkish Neurosurgery
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1019-5149
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.jtn.7928-13.0