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An attempt to prevent the problem of shunt-tube migration

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Five children are presented with complications related to migration of peritoneal shunt tubes. Anchoring the distal end of the peritoneal tube to the peritoneum was found to be a satisfactory answer to the problem in 13 children. This simple method does not add much to the operation time and has prevented shunt-tube migration in the group studied.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Erfan General Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    N. I. Azzam

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Azzam, N.I. An attempt to prevent the problem of shunt-tube migration. Child's Nerv Syst 4, 50–51 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00274086

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