ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Preferred Label : ventriculoperitoneal shunt;

RADLEX synonyms : VP Shunt;

Definition : 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) [MeSH];

UMLS CUI (RADLEX) : C0162702;

Details

Origin ID

RID5594;

UMLS CUI

C0162702;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement [NCIt concept]
- Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt [LOINC System]
- Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- ventriculo peritoneal shunt [Disease (Nov.)]
- ventriculoperitoneal shunt [SNOMED Notion]
- ventriculoperitoneal shunt [MeSH Descriptor]
- ventriculoperitoneal shunt [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement [NCIt concept]
- Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- ventriculo peritoneal shunt [Disease (Nov.)]
- ventriculoperitoneal shunt [SNOMED Notion]
- ventriculoperitoneal shunt [MeSH Descriptor]
- ventriculoperitoneal shunt [MeSH concept]

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