Complications of Shunt Systems. Hydrocephalus can be treated with a shunt system, and this treatment often includes complications. An estimated 50% of shunts in the pediatric population fail within two years of placement and repeated neurosurgical operations are often required. The most common shunt complications are malfunction and infection.
Cristina Peri Rossi. Cristina Peri Rossi (born November 12, 1941) is a Uruguayan novelist, poet, translator, and author of short stories. Considered a leading light of the post-1960s period of prominence of the Latin-American novel, she has written more than 37 works.
Published 4:00 am, Sunday, May 29, 2005. Vivian Liberto Distin, the first wife of Johnny Cash and the woman he pledged to remain faithful to in the song I Walk the Line, died Tuesday at Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura. She was 71. Ms. Distin died of complications from surgery for lung cancer, said Danny Kahn, manager of singer Rosanne Cash, the oldest of the couple's four daughters. Ms. Distin recalled scratching down the lyrics to I Walk the Line as they came to Cash while they were driving around or at home in their living room, Sharpsteen said.