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… (More)
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
One-year outcome in the European multicentre study on iNPH.
OBJECTIVES To assess the 1-year outcome after shunt surgery in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH… (More)
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Review
2005
Review
2005
Proposal of “evolution theory in cerebrospinal fluid dynamics” and minor pathway hydrocephalus in developing immature brain
The specificity of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) dynamics in the immature brain still remains unknown. In our data previously… (More)
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2004
2004
In-hospital mortality rates after ventriculoperitoneal shunt procedures in the United States, 1998 to 2000: relation to hospital and surgeon volume of care.
OBJECT Death after ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt surgery is uncommon, and therefore it has been difficult to study. The authors… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Neuroendoscopic treatment for colloid cysts of the third ventricle: the experience of a decade.
OBJECTIVE Microsurgical resection or ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement was for a long time the only means of treatment for… (More)
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Review
2002
Review
2002
Surgical management of colloid cyst of the third ventricle--a study of 105 cases.
BACKGROUND Colloid cyst of the third ventricle is a relatively rare intracranial tumor. It generates tremendous interest for the… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
The role of endoscopic biopsy and third ventriculostomy in the management of pineal region tumours.
The best surgical strategy for treating patients with pineal tumours presenting with acute hydrocephalus remains undermined… (More)
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
The long-term outlook for hydrocephalus in childhood. A ten-year cohort study of 155 patients.
Despite the fact that ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion is the most commonly performed surgical operation in the pediatric… (More)
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Clinical parameters in 74 consecutive patients shunt operated for normal pressure hydrocephalus.
Seventy four consecutive patients diagnosed as normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) and operated with a ventriculo-peritoneal… (More)
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Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Infections of cerebrospinal fluid shunts: epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and therapy.
During a 10-year period shunt infections occurred in 27% of the 289 hydrocephalic patients who had cerebrospinal fluid shunts… (More)
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Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Ventriculo-peritoneal shunts in the management of hydrocephalus.
ETWEEN 1950 and 1957, we performed a number of polyethylene tubing ventriculo-peritoneal shunts. The results were ahnost… (More)
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