Sondre Tefre, Alexander Lilja-Cyron, Lisa Arvidsson, Jiri Bartek, Alba Corell, Axel Forsse, Andreas Nørgaard Glud, Sami Abu Hamdeh, Frederik Lundgaard Hansen, Antti Huotarinen, Conny Johansson, Olli-Pekka Kämäräinen, Tommi Korhonen, Anna Kotkansalo, Nadia Mauland Mansoor, Eduardo Erasmo Mendoza Mireles, Rares Miscov, Sune Munthe, Henrietta Nittby-Redebrandt, Nina Obad, Lars Kjelsberg Pedersen, Jussi Posti, Rahul Raj, Jarno Satopää, Nils Ståhl, Sami Tetri, Lovisa Tobieson, Marianne Juhler
INTRODUCTION: Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) is becoming an increasingly widespread treatment for hydrocephalus, but research is primarily based on paediatric populations. In 2009, Kulkarni et al created the ETV Success score to predict the outcome of ETV in children. The purpose of this study is to create a prognostic model to predict the success of ETV for adult patients with hydrocephalus. The ability to predict who will benefit from an ETV will allow better primary patient selection both for ETV and shunting...
January 31, 2022: BMJ Open