Journal article
Intracardiac migration and knotting of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt
G Frahm-Jensen, PR Newton, KJ Drummond, TP Wagner, BME Mees
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience | Published : 2015
Abstract
We report a patient with delayed migration of the distal ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter from the peritoneum to the right atrium with associated knotting of the catheter complicating removal. We also review the literature on this topic.