Laparoscopic cecal cancer resection in a patient with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: A case report
Open Access
- 31 December 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
- Vol. 4 (3), 330-333
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2013.01.005
Abstract
The presence of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt has been considered to be a contraindication for laparoscopic surgery till date; however, laparoscopic cholecystectomy was recently reported as safe for patients with this shunt.Keywords
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