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ventriculostomy

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ventriculostomy /ven·tric·u·los·to·my/ (ven-trik″u-los´tah-me) surgical creation of a free communication or shunt between the third ventricle and the interpeduncular cistern for relief of hydrocephalus.
ven·tric·u·los·to·my (vn-trky-lst-m)
n.
A surgical procedure used in the treatment of hydrocephalus in which an opening is established in a ventricle, usually from the third ventricle to the subarachnoid space.
ventriculostomy.
ventriculostomy [ven-trik″u-los´tah-me]
surgical creation of a free communication between the third ventricle and the interpeduncular cistern for relief of hydrocephalus.
ventriculostomy
surgical creation of a free communication between the third ventricle and the interpeduncular cistern for relief of hydrocephalus.
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