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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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt" by people in Profiles.
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Sweid A, Daou BJ, Weinberg JH, Starke RM, Sergott RC, Schaefer J, Hauge J, Elizabeth C, Chalouhi N, Gooch MR, Herial N, Zarzour H, Jabbour P, Rosenwasser RH, Tjoumakaris S. In Reply: Experience With Ventriculoperitoneal and Lumboperitoneal Shunting for the Treatment of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: A Single Institution Series. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2021 11 15; 21(6):E579-E580.
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Madsen JR, Boyle TP, Neuman MI, Park EH, Tamber MS, Hickey RW, Heuer GG, Zorc JJ, Leonard JR, Leonard JC, Keating R, Chamberlain JM, Frim DM, Zakrzewski P, Klinge P, Merck LH, Piatt J, Bennett JE, Sandberg DI, Boop FA, Hameed MQ. 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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Cairo SB, Agyei J, Nyavandu K, Rothstein DH, Kalisya LM. Neurosurgical management of hydrocephalus by a general surgeon in an extremely low resource setting: initial experience in North Kivu province of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Pediatr Surg Int. 2018 Apr; 34(4):467-473.
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Piatt J. Letter to the Editor: The Preventable Shunt Revision Rate and the measurement of quality in pediatric hydrocephalus. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2017 02; 19(2):270-271.
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Gonzalez DO, Mahida JB, Asti L, Ambeba EJ, Kenney B, Governale L, Deans KJ, Minneci PC. Predictors of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Failure in Children Undergoing Initial Placement or Revision. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2017; 52(1):6-12.
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Foong KS, Lee A, Vasquez G. Cryptococcal Infection of the Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt in an Immunocompetent Patient. Am J Case Rep. 2016 Jan 18; 17:31-4.
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Pescatore R, Freeze B, Nyce A, Filippone L. Visual Diagnosis: Intraperitoneal Cerebrospinal Fluid Pseudocyst in an Adult Patient. J Emerg Med. 2015 Dec; 49(6):e203-4.
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Ghosh S, Lippa C. Diagnosis and prognosis in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2014 Nov; 29(7):583-9.
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Mahaney KB, Chalouhi N, Viljoen S, Smietana J, Kung DK, Jabbour P, Bulsara KR, Howard M, Hasan DM. Risk of hemorrhagic complication associated with ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients on dual antiplatelet therapy. J Neurosurg. 2013 Oct; 119(4):937-42.
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Sivaganesan A, Krishnamurthy R, Sahni D, Viswanathan C. Neuroimaging of ventriculoperitoneal shunt complications in children. Pediatr Radiol. 2012 Sep; 42(9):1029-46.