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Ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter protrusion through the anus: case report of an uncommon complication and literature review

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  1. Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Dana Children’s Hospital, University of Tel Aviv, 6 Weizman St., Tel Aviv, 64239, Israel

    Miguel Glatstein

  2. Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Dana Children’s Hospital, University of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Shlomi Constantini, Nir Shimoni & Jonathan Roth

  3. Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Dennis Scolnik

  4. Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Dennis Scolnik

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Glatstein, M., Constantini, S., Scolnik, D. et al. Ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter protrusion through the anus: case report of an uncommon complication and literature review. Childs Nerv Syst 27, 2011–2014 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-011-1551-5

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