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Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt

"Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt" 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.

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Surgical creation of a communication between a cerebral ventricle and the peritoneum by means of a plastic tube to permit drainage of cerebrospinal fluid for relief of hydrocephalus. (From Dorland, 28th ed)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt" by people in this website by year, and whether "Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 19 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2011 and 2017 and 2018 and 2020 and 2021
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