Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
"Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Surgical creation of a communication between a cerebral ventricle and the peritoneum by means of a plastic tube to permit drainage of cerebrospinal fluid for relief of hydrocephalus. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D017287
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.035.188.850 E04.525.170.850
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| Concept/Terms |
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt- Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
- Shunt, Ventriculoperitoneal
- Shunts, Ventriculoperitoneal
- Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts
- Ventriculo-peritoneal Shunt
- Shunt, Ventriculo-peritoneal
- Shunts, Ventriculo-peritoneal
- Ventriculo peritoneal Shunt
- Ventriculo-peritoneal Shunts
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt" by people in Profiles.
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Imaging modalities to determine ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 08; 58:329-330.
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Safety of Ventricular Reservoir Sampling in Pediatric Posthemorrhagic Hydrocephalus Patients: Institutional Experience and Review of the Literature. J Neurosci Nurs. 2021 Feb 01; 53(1):11-17.
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Non-Invasive Thermal Evaluation of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Flow in Shunt Malfunction: A Prospective, Multi-Site, Operator-Blinded Study. Neurosurgery. 2020 10 15; 87(5):939-948.
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Prevalence and Trends in Management of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in the United States: Insights from the National Inpatient Sample. World Neurosurg. 2021 01; 145:e38-e52.
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High prevalence of cervical myelopathy in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2020 Oct; 197:106099.
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Transcardiac migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt requiring open cardiac surgery: case report and review of the literature. Childs Nerv Syst. 2017 Apr; 33(4):703-707.
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Outcomes of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in adults. J Clin Neurosci. 2016 Sep; 31:166-71.
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Hearing loss in hydrocephalus: a review, with focus on mechanisms. Neurosurg Rev. 2016 Jan; 39(1):13-24; discussion 25.
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Pediatric endoscopic third ventriculostomy: a population-based study. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2014 Nov; 14(5):455-64.
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Estimation of effective dose and lifetime attributable risk from multiple head CT scans in ventriculoperitoneal shunted children. Eur J Radiol. 2014 Oct; 83(10):1920-4.