"Ventriculostomy" 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.
Surgical creation of an opening in a cerebral ventricle.
| Descriptor ID |
D014696
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.035.188.957 E04.525.170.860
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ventriculostomy" by people in Profiles.
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Clinical presentation of hydrocephalus following pre- and postnatal myelomeningocele repair: a Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network study. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2026 Jan 23; 37(4):289-296.
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Hospital care for children with hydrocephalus in the United States: resource utilization, charges, comorbidities, and deaths (2006-2019). J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2025 Nov 07; 37(1):77-86.
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Effect of endoscopic third ventriculostomy on subsequent shunt failure: a Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network study. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2025 Oct 17; 36(6):669-676.
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Management and Outcomes in Isolated Congenital Aqueductal Stenosis: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study. Prenat Diagn. 2025 04; 45(4):521-530.
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Does machine learning improve prediction accuracy of the Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy Success Score? A contemporary Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network cohort study. Childs Nerv Syst. 2024 Dec 10; 41(1):42.
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Trends in the corpus of literature on endoscopic third ventriculostomy: a bibliometric analysis spanning 3 decades. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2024 10 01; 34(4):334-346.
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A re-evaluation of the Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy Success Score: a Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network study. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2024 05 01; 33(5):417-427.
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Hydrocephalus treatment in patients with craniosynostosis: an analysis from the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network prospective registry. Neurosurg Focus. 2021 04; 50(4):E11.
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Temporal trends in surgical procedures for pediatric hydrocephalus: an analysis of the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network Core Data Project. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2021 03 01; 27(3):269-276.
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Predictors of fast and ultrafast shunt failure in pediatric hydrocephalus: a Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network study. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2021 03 01; 27(3):277-286.