 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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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2023 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt" by people in Profiles.
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Feldman MJ, Jensen H, Arynchyna-Smith A, Reeder RW, Rozzelle CJ, Strahle JM, Whitehead WE, Pindrik J, Isaacs AM, Hauptman JS, Langley M, McDonald PJ, Tamber MS, Pollack IF, Jackson EM, Wellons JC, Naftel R, Hankinson TC, Kulkarni AV, Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle JRW, Rocque BG. Effect of endoscopic third ventriculostomy on subsequent shunt failure: a Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network study. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2025 Oct 17; 36(6):669-676.
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Jackson EM, Jensen H, Reeder RW, Chiarelli PA, Chu J, Hankinson TC, Hauptman JS, Isaacs AM, Kulkarni AV, Limbrick DD, McDonald PJ, Pindrik JA, Pollack IF, Rocque BG, Rozzelle CJ, Strahle JM, Tamber MS, Wellons JC, Kestle JRW, Whitehead WE, Riva-Cambrin J. Complex shunt system comparison: an observational study by the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2025 Aug 01; 36(2):127-134.
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Roberts J, Ratnasingam D, Sarmiento C. New-onset hydrocephalus in an adult with cerebral palsy: A case report and review of the literature. J Pediatr Rehabil Med. 2025 Feb; 18(1):26-29.
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Leary OP, Zhong Z, Bi L, Jiao Z, Dai YW, Ma K, Sayied S, Kargilis D, Imami M, Zhao LM, Feng X, Riccardello G, Collins S, Svokos K, Moghekar A, Yang L, Bai H, Klinge PM, Boxerman JL. MRI-Based Prediction of Clinical Improvement after Ventricular Shunt Placement for Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: Development and Evaluation of an Integrated Multisequence Machine Learning Algorithm. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2024 Oct 03; 45(10):1536-1544.
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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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Schnapp A, Elber-Dorozko S, Temper V, Gordon O, Averbuch D. Enterococcal Central Nervous System Infections in Children: A 22 Years' Experience in a Tertiary Center and Review of the Literature. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2024 Aug 01; 43(8):731-735.
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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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Vinzani M, Alshareef M, Eskandari R. Use of a Prophylactic Retrograde-Flushing Device in High-Risk Pediatric Patients with Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts: A Technical Note. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2023; 58(3):136-141.
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Dewan MC, Isaacs AM, Cools MJ, Yengo-Kahn A, Naftel RP, Jensen H, Reeder RW, Holubkov R, Haizel-Cobbina J, Riva-Cambrin J, Jafrani RJ, Pindrik JA, Jackson EM, Judy BF, Kurudza E, Pollack IF, Mcdowell MM, Hankinson TC, Staulcup S, Hauptman J, Hall K, Tamber MS, Cheong A, Warsi NM, Rocque BG, Saccomano BW, Snyder RI, Kulkarni AV, Kestle JRW, Wellons JC. Treatment of hydrocephalus following posterior fossa tumor resection: a multicenter collaboration from the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network. J Neurooncol. 2023 May; 163(1):123-132.
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Szymanski KM, Adams CM, Alkawaldeh MY, Austin PF, Bowman RM, Castillo H, Castillo J, Chu DI, Estrada CR, Fascelli M, Frimberger DC, Gargollo PC, Hamdan DG, Hecht SL, Hopson B, Husmann DA, Jacobs MA, MacNeily AE, McLeod DJ, Metcalfe PD, Meyer T, Misseri R, O'Neil J, Rensing AJ, Routh JC, Rove KO, Sawin KJ, Schlomer BJ, Shamblin I, Sherlock RL, Slobodov G, Stout J, Tanaka ST, Weiss DA, Wiener JS, Wood HM, Yerkes EB, Blount J. Causes of death among people with myelomeningocele: A multi-institutional 47-year retrospective study. J Pediatr Rehabil Med. 2023; 16(4):605-619.
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