Placement of lumboperitoneal shunt: Etiology of iatrogenic gastric perforation

Abstract

Iatrogenic perforation can cause gastric perforation; among the complications of lumboperitoneal shunt placement, intestinal perforation is extremely rare vs. infectious complications; perforation may occur in the ascending colon with projection of the incision site. This case involves a 41-year-old patient, with gastric perforation from pseudotumor cerebri during incision in the abdominal right quadrant to insert a lumboperitoneal shunt.

Keywords

• Iatrogenic gastric perforation
• Lumboperitoneal shunt complications
• Pseudotumor cerebri
• Obesity

Kaynakça

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