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Management of Shunt complication in a Paediatric COVID 19 Case in Bangladesh Medical College Hospital

Author(s) -

N Huda,

Gomes VC,

M Chowdhury,

R Hamid

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

annals of clinical and medical case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2639-8109

DOI - 10.47829/acmcr.2022.8902

Subject(s) - shunt (medical) , hydrocephalus , complication , medicine , neurosurgery , surgery , covid-19 , general surgery , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease

V-P shunt is the most common surgery done in paediatric hydrocephalus. Though the surgery remains as ‘minor’ in the arena of Neurosurgery, its complication surpass any boundary. Here we discuss a case of shunt complication which had malfunctioning shunt with both end malposition, cranial end occluded by septum and cortex and peritoneal end invading bowel. Surgery was taking a new course for dramatic appearance of COVID 19.

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