"Ventriculostomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Surgical creation of an opening in a cerebral ventricle.
| Descriptor ID |
D014696
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.035.188.957 E04.525.170.860
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ventriculostomy" by people in Profiles.
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Chen TA, Weinert MC, See AP, Kielian A, Lehman LL, Remenschneider AK, Robson CD, Heidary G, Dagi LR, Gise R. Otitic hydrocephalus and papilloedema-re-evaluating a treatment paradigm. Eye (Lond). 2025 Mar; 39(4):741-747.
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Say I, Dodson V, Tomycz L, Mazzola C. Endoscopic Fourth Ventriculostomy: Suboccipital Transaqueductal Approach for Fenestration of Isolated Fourth Ventricle: Case Report and Technical Note. World Neurosurg. 2019 Sep; 129:440-444.
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Weinzierl MR, Krings T, Ocklenburg C, Korinth MC. Value of cine phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging to predict obstructive hydrocephalus. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2012 Jan; 73(1):18-24.
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Westwood AJ, Burns JD, Kase CS. Teaching NeuroImages: Isolated pineal hemorrhage. Neurology. 2011 Oct 18; 77(16):e95.
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Burrows AM, Smith TW, Hall WR, Pilitsis JG. Neurological picture. Ascending paralysis from malignant leptomeningeal melanomatosis. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2010 Apr; 81(4):449-50.