- ventriculopleural shunt
- a communication between a cerebral ventricle and the pleural cavity by means of a plastic tube with an in-line pressure-flow regulator, done for the relief of hydrocephalus.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
ventriculopleural shunt
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Shunt ventriculopleural — A shunt that drains fluid from the cerebral ventricle into the chest cavity … Medical dictionary
