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Ventriculostomy MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Ventriculostomy
Tree Number(s)
E04.035.188.957
E04.525.170.860
Unique ID
D014696
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014696
Annotation
refers to cerebral ventricles only, not heart nor stomach
Scope Note
Surgical creation of an opening in a cerebral ventricle.
Entry Term(s)
Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy
Ventriculocisternostomy
Previous Indexing
Cerebral Ventricles/surgery (1966-1987)
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts (1972-1987)
See Also
Cerebral Ventricles
Public MeSH Note
91; was see under CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS 1988-90
History Note
91(88); was see under CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS 1988-90
Date Established
1991/01/01
Date of Entry
1987/03/18
Revision Date
2017/06/20
Ventriculostomy Preferred
Ventriculocisternostomy Narrower
Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy Narrower
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