Is the success rate of endoscopic third ventriculostomy age-dependent? An analysis of the results of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in young children.
Publication year
2002Source
Child's Nervous System, 18, 11, (2002), pp. 605-8ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor
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Neurosurgery
Journal title
Child's Nervous System
Volume
vol. 18
Issue
iss. 11
Page start
p. 605
Page end
p. 8
Subject
Onderzoek NeurochirurgieAbstract
INTRODUCTION: Different opinions exist in the literature about the effectiveness of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) in the treatment of hydrocephalus in young children. Therefore we made a retrospective evaluation of our own success rates of performing ETVs in children less than 2 years of age. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a series of 275 ETVs 66 procedures were performed in children less than 2 years of age. RESULTS: The overall success rate in this young age group was 53%, lower than the success rates of ETVs reported in literature (72-92%). But further analysis of these results and a comparison of the results in subgroups with different etiologies of the hydrocephalus showed that the success rates varied between 20 and 88%. CONCLUSION: We conclude that the success of ETV depends mainly on the etiology of the hydrocephalus and not on the age of the patient alone.
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