Abdominal complications of ventriculoperitoneal shunts. Case reports and review of the literature.

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Published in Am Surg on January 01, 1988

Authors

M S Bryant1, A M Bremer, J J Tepas, D L Mollitt, T Q Nquyen, J L Talbert

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, University Hospital of Jacksonville 32209.

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