third ventriculostomy

third ven·tric·u·los·to·my

an operation to establish an opening from the third ventricle to the prechiasmal and interpeduncular cisterns (Stookey-Scarff operation) or from the third ventricle to the interpeduncular cistern (Dandy operation).

third ven·tric·u·los·to·my

(thĭrd ven-trik'yū-los'tŏ-mē) An operation to establish an opening from the third ventricle to the prechiasmal and interpeduncular cisterns (Stookey-Scarff operation) or from the third ventricle to the interpeduncular cistern (Dandy operation).

Stookey,

Byron, U.S. neurosurgeon, 1887-1966. Queckenstedt-Stookey test - see under QueckenstedtStookey cranial rongeurStookey reflexStookey retractorStookey-Scarff operation - establishes an opening from the third ventricle to the prechiasmal and interpeduncular cisterns. Synonym(s): third ventriculostomy