 Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
"Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Tubes inserted to create communication between a cerebral ventricle and the internal jugular vein. Their emplacement permits draining of cerebrospinal fluid for relief of hydrocephalus or other condition leading to fluid accumulation in the ventricles.
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D002557
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.035.188 E04.525.170
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| Concept/Terms |
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts- Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
- Shunts, Cerebrospinal Fluid
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt
- Shunt, Cerebrospinal Fluid
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| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts" by people in Profiles.
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Rocque BG, Jensen H, Reeder RW, Rozzelle CJ, Kulkarni AV, Pollack IF, McDowell MM, Naftel RP, Jackson EM, Whitehead WE, Pindrik JA, Isaacs AM, Strahle JM, McDonald PJ, Tamber MS, Hankinson TC, Browd SR, Hauptman JS, Krieger MD, Chu J, Riva-Cambrin J, Limbrick DD, Holubkov R, Kestle JRW, Wellons JC. Racial disparities in hydrocephalus mortality and shunt revision: a study from the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2025 Jun 01; 35(6):554-562.
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Lundy P, Barkley A, Rahman AKMF, Arynchyna-Smith A, Thrower J, Stewart A, Dziugan K, Lam S, Hall K, Hauptman J, Shrestha K, Staulcup S, Hankinson TC, Best B, Kim I, Yea J, Weber-Levine C, Jackson EM, Park C, Sexton D, Thompson EM, Slingerland AL, Papadakis J, Pricola Fehnel K, Wisor-Martinez S, Bauer DF, Akbari SHA, Rocque BG. Pediatric CSF diversion procedures for treatment of hydrocephalus during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2025 Jan 01; 35(1):57-63.
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Ravindra VM, Riva-Cambrin J, Jensen H, Whitehead WE, Kulkarni AV, Limbrick DD, Wellons JC, Naftel RP, Rozzelle CJ, Rocque BG, Pollack IF, McDowell MM, Tamber MS, Hauptman JS, Browd SR, Pindrik J, Isaacs AM, McDonald PJ, Hankinson TC, Jackson EM, Chu J, Krieger MD, Simon TD, Strahle JM, Holubkov R, Reeder R, Kestle JRW. Comparing ventriculoatrial and ventriculopleural shunts in pediatric hydrocephalus: a Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network study. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2024 Oct 01; 34(4):305-314.
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Ravindra VM, Jensen H, Riva-Cambrin J, Wellons JC, Limbrick DD, Pindrik J, Jackson EM, Pollack IF, Hankinson TC, Hauptman JS, Tamber MS, Kulkarni AV, Rocque BG, Rozzelle C, Whitehead WE, Chu J, Krieger MD, Simon TD, Reeder R, McDonald PJ, Nunn N, Kestle JRW. Comparison of outcomes in the management of abdominal pseudocyst in children with shunted hydrocephalus: a Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network study. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2023 09 01; 32(3):312-323.
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Chu J, Jensen H, Holubkov R, Krieger MD, Kulkarni AV, Riva-Cambrin J, Rozzelle CJ, Limbrick DD, Wellons JC, Browd SR, Whitehead WE, Pollack IF, Simon TD, Tamber MS, Hauptman JS, Pindrik J, Naftel RP, McDonald PJ, Hankinson TC, Jackson EM, Rocque BG, Reeder R, Drake JM, Kestle JRW. The Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network quality improvement initiative: the role of antibiotic-impregnated catheters and vancomycin wound irrigation. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2022 Jun 01; 29(6):711-718.
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Hale AT, Riva-Cambrin J, Wellons JC, Jackson EM, Kestle JRW, Naftel RP, Hankinson TC, Shannon CN. Machine learning predicts risk of cerebrospinal fluid shunt failure in children: a study from the hydrocephalus clinical research network. Childs Nerv Syst. 2021 05; 37(5):1485-1494.
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Larrew T, Alshareef M, Murphy RF, Eskandari R, Kosnik Infinger L. Interactions between programmable shunt valves and magnetically controlled growing rods for scoliosis. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2020 12 01; 26(6):667-670.
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Hersh DS, Dave P, Weeks M, Hankinson TC, Karimian B, Staulcup S, Van Poppel MD, Wait SD, Vaughn BN, Klimo P. Converting Pediatric Patients and Young Adults From a Shunt to a Third Ventriculostomy: A Multicenter Evaluation. Neurosurgery. 2020 08 01; 87(2):285-293.
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Neuberger I, Hankinson TC, Meier M, Mirsky DM. Utility of image fusion software in identifying shunt malfunction. Childs Nerv Syst. 2020 04; 36(4):749-754.
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Harland TA, Winston KR, Jovanovich AJ, Johnson RJ. Shunt Nephritis: An Increasingly Unfamiliar Diagnosis. World Neurosurg. 2018 Mar; 111:346-348.
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