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Bladder Perforation of a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Catheter: Case Report and Literature Review

Volume 10 - Issue 3

Gema Romeu Magraner1, Eduardo Morán Pascual*1, Laura Barrios Arnau2, Arnold R Quiroz Tejada3, Sara Villarroya Castillo1 and Enrique Broseta Rico1

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    • 1 Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Spain
    • 2Department of Urology, Hospital General Universitario de Castellón, Spain
    • 3 Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Spain
    • *Corresponding author: Eduardo Moran Pascual, Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Avda. Fernando Abril Martorell, 106, Valencia, 46026, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Received: October 10, 2018;   Published: October 24, 2018

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.10.001942

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Abstract

Bladder perforation is a rare complication in patients with ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS). In the literature there are reported a total of 27 cases with diverse clinical manifestations. We describe a case of a patient with bladder perforation and urethral exteriorization of a VPS catheter, with a thorough review of the literature to know how to deal with this complication.

Keywords : Bladder perforation; Urethra; Complication; Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt

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