AXR of fractured VP shunt catheter

04/05/2017 by Bob Dunn

The Cerebral ventricular shunts page has been updated with an abdominal Xray image demonstrating a fractured VP shunt catheter coiled in the abdomen.

Skull Xray of disconnected VP shunt

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