1. Silicone spaghetti.
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Sinnadurai, Manohan and Winder, Mark J.
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SILICONES in medicine ,CATHETERIZATION complications ,PERITONEUM ,CEREBRAL ventricles ,REOPERATION ,CATHETERS - Abstract
Abstract: Migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheters, although infrequent, is well reported. We report the unusual event of a patient who, after having had three shunt revisions over a 15-year period, presented with a per-oral extrusion of her original distal catheter. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2009
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