Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy: Success and Failure

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) has now become an accepted mode of hydrocephalus treatment in children. Varying degrees of success for the procedure have been reported depending on the type and etiology of hydrocephalus, age of the patient and certain technical parameters. Review of these fac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Deopujari, Chandrashekhar E., Karmarkar, Vikram S., Shaikh, Salman T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Neurosurgical Society 2017
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5426452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28490157
http://dx.doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2017.0202.013
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Sumario:Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) has now become an accepted mode of hydrocephalus treatment in children. Varying degrees of success for the procedure have been reported depending on the type and etiology of hydrocephalus, age of the patient and certain technical parameters. Review of these factors for predictability of success, complications and validation of success score is presented.

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