Ahmed El Damaty, Sascha Marx, Gesa Cohrs, Marcus Vollmer, Ahmed Eltanahy, Ehab El Refaee, Joerg Baldauf, Steffen Fleck, Heidi Baechli, Ahmed Zohdi, Michael Synowitz, Andreas Unterberg, Henry W S Schroeder
PURPOSE: Age and etiology play a crucial role in success of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) as a treatment of obstructive hydrocephalus. Outcome is worse in infants, and controversies still exist whether ETV is superior to shunt placement. We retrospectively analyzed 70 patients below 2 years from 4 different centers treated with ETV and assessed success. METHODS: Children < 2 years who received an ETV within 1994-2018 were included. Patients were classified according to age and etiology; < 3, 4-12, and 13-24 months, etiologically; aqueductal stenosis, post-hemorrhagic-hydrocephalus (PHH), tumor-related, fourth ventricle outflow obstruction, with Chiari-type II and following CSF infection...
March 28, 2020: Child's Nervous System: ChNS: Official Journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery