Repeat fracture of shunts in ventriculoperitoneal shunting with pelvic migration: An African teen case report with literature review

Ventriculoperitoneal shunting is the most common procedure performed to cure hydrocephalus. It is also the most failure prone. Mechanical late complications as shunt fracture or shunt migration are fairly often common in childhood. Mostly described in worldwide Literature, both complications in a case remain strongly rare in African papers, as well as the isolated shunt fracture. A 15-year-old boy, previously thrice operated, was admitted for...