-
common site for
ventricular cannulation in the
context of
inserting a
ventriculoperitoneal shunt for the
treatment of hydrocephalus. It was
first described...
- resorbed. Most
shunts drain the
fluid into the
peritoneal cavity (
ventriculoperitoneal shunt).
Other shunts drain the
fluid into the
right atrium (ventriculoatrial...
-
Raymond Adams in 1965. The
treatment is
surgical placement of a
ventriculoperitoneal shunt to
drain excess CSF into the
lining of the
abdomen where the...
- the
peritoneal cavity (located in the
upper abdomen) are
called ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts. Lumbar-peritoneal
shunt (a.k.a. lumboperitoneal, LP):...
- (a
cystoperitoneal shunt, or CP shunt), the
lateral ventricles (a
ventriculoperitoneal shunt, or VP shunt) or both, due to
conflicting studies on whether...
- Araya, J. P. (2024). "Silicone
allergy manifestation in
pediatric ventriculoperitoneal shunting:
Navigating diagnostic challenges and
customizing therapeutic...
-
normalization of
intracranial pressure following placement of a
ventriculoperitoneal shunt has been reported. Larner, A. J. (2001). A
Dictionary of Neurological...
-
ventriculostomy sites used in neurosurgery,
typically in
pediatrics for
ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement. Keen's
point is
located 3 cm
superior and 3 cm posterior...
-
ventricular shunts that are
named for
where they terminate, for example, a
ventriculoperitoneal shunt terminates in the
peritoneal cavity, a
ventriculoatrial shunt...
- Martínez-Lage Azorín L,
Almagro MJ (2009)
Staphylococcus warneri ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection:
failure of
diagnosis by
ventricular CSF sampling...
