Acute Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction After Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement for Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.

Cherry Liu; Daniel Smerin; Isin Y Comba; Lakhinder Bhatia

doi:10.7759/CUREUS.8295

Acute Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction After Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement for Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.

Cherry Liu
, Daniel Smerin
, Isin Y Comba
, Lakhinder Bhatia

University of Central Florida

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Original language	American English
Journal	Cureus
Volume	12
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7759/CUREUS.8295
State	Published - May 26 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Medicine and Health Sciences
Surgery

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