| publication name | AgeRelatedRoleofEndoscopicThirdVentriculostomyinTreatmentof HydrocephalicChildren |
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| Authors | FathyH.Elnoss,MohamedM.Elmaghrabi,MahmoudM.Wahdan,Ashraf M.Abdelmoniem |
| year | 2021 |
| keywords | :Children,EndoscopicThirdVentriculostomy,Hydrocephalus |
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| volume | Not Available |
| issue | Not Available |
| pages | Not Available |
| publisher | Not Available |
| Local/International | Local |
| Paper Link | Not Available |
| Full paper | download |
| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
Abstract
Objective:Toknow thesurgicaloutcomeofendoscopicthirdventriculostomy(ETV)in hydrocephalus.Setting:NeurosurgerydepartmentofBenhauniversityhospitals.From January 2016toFebruary2020.Materialsandmethods:Atotalof58patientswithhydrocephalus, irrespectiveofgenderdiscriminationwereincludedinthisstudy.HydrocephaluswithCSF loculationsortumourwasexcluded.HydrocephaluswasdiagnosedbyCTscanbrainandMRI. Theinformationregardingpatientdetails,causesofhydrocephalusandcomplicationsof procedureweredocumentedinpatient’sPerforma.ThedatawasanalyzedbySPSSversion26. Frequencyandpercentagewascalculatedforcategoricalvariables.Mean±SDwascalculated forage.Resultswerepresentedastables.Results:Atotalof58patientswithhydrocephalus wereincludedinthestudy.Outof58patients,Therewere32males(55.2%)ofpatientsand26 females(44.8%).Themeanagewas22.86months.congenitalaqueductalstenosiswasthe commonestcauseofhydrocephalus.Post-operativelyCSFleakagewaspresentin20patients (34.5%).Post-operativeinfectionispresentin6patients(10.3%).Conclusions:Endoscopicthird ventriculostomyissafe and effective procedure.Those patientswho meetthe criteria, endoscopicthirdventriculostomyoffersthepossibilityoffreedomfromshuntdependency