Medical Dictionary
ventriculocisternostomy
noun ven·tric·u·lo·cis·ter·nos·to·my \-ˌsis-tər-ˈnäs-tə-mē\
plural ven·tric·u·lo·cis·ter·nos·to·mies
Medical Definition of VENTRICULOCISTERNOSTOMY
: the surgical establishment of a communication between a ventricle of the brain and the subarachnoid space and especially the cisterna magna to drain cerebrospinal fluid especially in hydrocephalus
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