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Descriptor English: Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
Descriptor Spanish: Derivación Ventriculoperitoneal
Descriptor derivación ventriculoperitoneal
Scope note: Creación quirúrgica de una comunicación entre un ventrículo cerebral y el peritoneo por medio de un tubo de plástico para permitir el drenaje del líquido cefalorraquídeo para aliviar la hidrocefalia. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Derivação Ventriculoperitoneal
Descriptor French: Dérivation ventriculopéritonéale
Entry term(s): Shunt, Ventriculo-peritoneal
Shunt, Ventriculoperitoneal
Shunts, Ventriculo-peritoneal
Shunts, Ventriculoperitoneal
Ventriculo peritoneal Shunt
Ventriculo-peritoneal Shunt
Ventriculo-peritoneal Shunts
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts
Tree number(s): E04.035.188.850
E04.525.170.850
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017287
Scope note: 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)
Annotation: ventriculo- refers to cerebral ventricles; a type of csf shunt
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts (1969-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93
History Note: 93
DeCS ID: 30464
Unique ID: D017287
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Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/22
Revision Date: 1997/06/20
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt - Preferred
Concept UI M0026241
Scope note 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)
Preferred term Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
Entry term(s) Shunt, Ventriculo-peritoneal
Shunt, Ventriculoperitoneal
Shunts, Ventriculo-peritoneal
Shunts, Ventriculoperitoneal
Ventriculo peritoneal Shunt
Ventriculo-peritoneal Shunt
Ventriculo-peritoneal Shunts
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts



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