-
common site for
ventricular cannulation in the
context of
inserting a
ventriculoperitoneal shunt for the
treatment of hydrocephalus. It was
first described...
-
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):...
- resorbed. Most
shunts drain the
fluid into the
peritoneal cavity (
ventriculoperitoneal shunt), but
alternative sites include the
right atrium (ventriculoatrial...
- (a
cystoperitoneal shunt, or CP shunt), the
lateral ventricles (a
ventriculoperitoneal shunt, or VP shunt) or both, due to
conflicting studies on whether...
-
ventricular shunts that are
named for
where they terminate, for example, a
ventriculoperitoneal shunt terminates in the
peritoneal cavity, a
ventriculoatrial shunt...
-
normalization of
intracranial pressure following placement of a
ventriculoperitoneal shunt has been reported. Larner, A. J. (2001). A
Dictionary of Neurological...
-
procedures include surgical removal of the lesion,
insertion of a
ventriculoperitoneal shunt, and ventriculocisternostomy.[citation needed] In the case...
- Diabetes,
recent ear
surgery or
neurosurgery and the
presence of a
ventriculoperitoneal shunt are
other risk
factors for
development of
chronic infectious...
-
lumboperitoneal shunt needs repeated revisions, a
ventriculoatrial or
ventriculoperitoneal shunt may be considered.
These shunts are
inserted in one of the...
