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Creation of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt

Known as: Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts, shunt ventriculoperitoneal, Shunt, Ventriculoperitoneal 
Surgical creation of a communication between a cerebral ventricle and the peritoneum by means of a plastic tube to permit drainage of cerebrospinal… 
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Review
2001
Review
2001
Human Herpes Virus 8-Negative Primary Effusion Lymphoma in a Patient With a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Tube
A 60-year-old woman was referred to our hospital in 1996 due to an abdominal distension in the right lower quadrant. She had… 
1997
1997
Neurocysticercosis in children Clinical experience in 122 patients
Cysticercosis is the most frequent parasitic disease of the central nervous system in the world and is endemic in such developing… 
1980
1980
Estimation of capillary permeability of inulin, sucrose and mannitol in rat brain cortex.
The present study analyzed the brain uptake of the differently sized hydrophilic molecules 14C-inulin, 14C-sucrose and 14C… 
1978
1978
Tension pneumocephalus complicating ventriculoperitoneal shunt for cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea: case report.
A case of spontaneous nontraumatic cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea secondary to aqueductal stenosis is reported. The patient… 
1978
1978
Hepatic Inactivation of Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide in Man and Dog
In an effort to document the role of the liver in the catabolism of vasoactive intestinal peptide, several different types of… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Facilitated transport of prostaglandins across the blood—cerebrospinal fluid and blood—brain barriers
1. Ventriculo‐cisternal perfusions were performed on rabbits with artificial cerebrospinal fluid containing blue dextran and… 
Review
1976
Review
1976
Complications of ventriculo-vascular shunts: computer analysis of etiological factors.
The charts were reviewed at 323 patients who underwent a total of 578 ventricular shunting procedures at the Vancouver General… 
1975
1975
BULK FLOW IN THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SYSTEM OF THE DOG
Ventriculo‐cisternal, intracranial subarachnoid‐to‐subarachnoid space and spinal subarachnoid space perfusions were carried out… 
1975
1975
Spontaneous umbilical fistula from ventriculoperitoneal shunt drainage. Report of two cases.
Two cases of spontaneous fluid fistula through the umbilicus connected with the drainage from a ventriculoperitoneal shunt are… 
1970
1970
Shunt Nephritis‘: Diffuse Glomerulonephritis Complicating Ventriculo‐atrial Shunts
A boy with congenital hydrocephalus who had been given a ventriculo‐atrial shunt at the age of 8 months presented signs of a… 
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