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Preferred term

Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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)

Entry terms

  • Ventriculo-peritoneal Shunt

In other languages

  • French

  • Dérivation ventriculo-péritonéale
  • Shunt ventriculo-péritonéal
  • Shunt ventriculopéritonéal
  • Ventriculo-péritonéostomie
  • Ventriculopéritonéostomie

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-F07J0D48-Q

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