 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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| 1989 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2013 | 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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Chick JF, Chauhan NR, Mullen KM, Kamdar NV, Khurana B. Teaching NeuroImages: massive abdominal CSFoma. Neurology. 2013 Mar 26; 80(13):e146.
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Cataltepe O, Liptzin D, Jolley L, Smith TW. Diffuse villous hyperplasia of the choroid plexus and its surgical management. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2010 May; 5(5):518-22.
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Peruzzotti-Jametti L, Ferrari S, Politi LS, Snider S, Mammi S, Comi G, Comola M. Giant anterior arachnoid cyst associated with syringomyelia: implications for treatment and follow-up. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Apr 15; 35(8):E322-4.
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McGirt MJ, Leveque JC, Wellons JC, Villavicencio AT, Hopkins JS, Fuchs HE, George TM. Cerebrospinal fluid shunt survival and etiology of failures: a seven-year institutional experience. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2002 May; 36(5):248-55.
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Krauss JK, Regel JP, Vach W, Jüngling FD, Droste DW, Wakhloo AK. Flow void of cerebrospinal fluid in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus of the elderly: can it predict outcome after shunting? Neurosurgery. 1997 Jan; 40(1):67-73; discussion 73-4.
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Wilkinson HA, Yarzebski J, Wilkinson EC, Anderson FA. Erroneous measurement of intracranial pressure caused by simultaneous ventricular drainage: a hydrodynamic model study. Neurosurgery. 1989 Mar; 24(3):348-54.
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