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Traumatic intracranial displacement of the ventriculoperitoneal valve chamber in a child—a report of 2 cases

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We present two cases of traumatic intracranial migration of the ventriculoperitoneal (VPS) valve chamber without malfunction of the system. In both patients, a shunt reservoir was surgically repositioned without a burr hole expansion and with no implantation of a new VPS system. We discuss a role of a head trauma and repeated valve palpation in this rare complication.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Bogdanowicz Memorial Hospital for Children, Warsaw, Poland

    Tymon Skadorwa & Bogdan Ciszek

  2. Department of Descriptive and Clinical Anatomy, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Tymon Skadorwa & Bogdan Ciszek

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Skadorwa, T., Ciszek, B. Traumatic intracranial displacement of the ventriculoperitoneal valve chamber in a child—a report of 2 cases. Childs Nerv Syst 33, 695–697 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-016-3312-y

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