Fatal intracerebral hemorrhage after reducing the valve pressure of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt.

Pfister, Rita

Fatal intracerebral hemorrhage after reducing the valve pressure of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt. [electronic resource] - Acta neurochirurgica Apr 2009 - 409-10 p. digital

Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article

0942-0940

10.1007/s00701-009-0224-6 doi


Aged
Anticoagulants--administration & dosage
Brain--blood supply
Cerebral Hemorrhage--diagnostic imaging
Cerebral Veins--injuries
Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure--physiology
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure--surgery
Intracranial Hypertension--etiology
Intracranial Hypotension--etiology
Male
Neurosurgical Procedures--adverse effects
Postoperative Complications--etiology
Surgical Instruments--adverse effects
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt--adverse effects