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A unique case is reported with retrograde (intracranial) migration of a subdural-peritoneal one-piece shunt and coiling of the tube into the interhemispheric fissure. The cause and the mechanism of this unusual complication are discussed.
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Es wird über einen Fall berichtet, bei dem es zur retrograden Wanderung eines “subdural-peritonealen” Katheters und Aufwicklung im Interhemisphärenspalt kam. Ursache und Mechanismus dieser ungewöhnlichen Komplikation werden diskutiert.
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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. K. J. Zülch on occasion of his 70th birthday.
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Todorow, S., Happe, M. & Petersen, D. Migration of a subdural-peritoneal shunt into the interhemispheric space. Neurosurg. Rev. 5, 25–26 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01745223
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