Foraminal migration of a lumboperitoneal shunt catheter tip.

Ihsan Solaroglu, Ozerk Okutan, Etem Beskonakli

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience : Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 2005 November

Although lumboperitoneal shunts have some advantages over other shunt types, they are also associated with unique complications, including scoliosis, back pain, and sciatica. We report a case of foraminal migration of a lumboperitoneal shunt catheter tip, which resulted in radicular pain and neurological deficit.

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