OBJECTIVE: The main object of the work is to assess the suitability of neuroendoscopic techniques for the treatment of complex compartmentalized hydrocephalus. METHODS: For this purpose the authors compared two groups of children treated in the Research Institute of the Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital from March 1997 to January 2002. The first group of 47 children, treated using neuroendoscopic procedures, was compared with the second, which comprised 80 children treated conventionally by complicated shunt implantations. RESULTS: The children treated neuroendoscopically needed on average 1.7660 procedures during the entire therapy, and 1.0232 operations a year. The same parameters in the conventionally-treated group were as follows: the total number of procedures was 7.050, and the rate of reoperation was 3.949 procedures a year. The proportion of patients who suffered from complications connected with operative treatment and who had a bad outcome was higher in the conventionally-treated group than in the neuroendoscopic one.
OBJECTIVE: The main object of the work is to assess the suitability of neuroendoscopic techniques for the treatment of complex compartmentalized hydrocephalus. METHODS: For this purpose the authors compared two groups of children treated in the Research Institute of the Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital from March 1997 to January 2002. The first group of 47 children, treated using neuroendoscopic procedures, was compared with the second, which comprised 80 children treated conventionally by complicated shunt implantations. RESULTS: The children treated neuroendoscopically needed on average 1.7660 procedures during the entire therapy, and 1.0232 operations a year. The same parameters in the conventionally-treated group were as follows: the total number of procedures was 7.050, and the rate of reoperation was 3.949 procedures a year. The proportion of patients who suffered from complications connected with operative treatment and who had a bad outcome was higher in the conventionally-treated group than in the neuroendoscopic one.
Authors: Chandrashekhar E Deopujari; Llewelyn Padayachy; Alias Azmi; Anthony Figaji; Saurav K Samantray Journal: Childs Nerv Syst Date: 2018-08-11 Impact factor: 1.475
Authors: S Hassan A Akbari; Terrence F Holekamp; T Martin Murphy; Deanna Mercer; Jeffrey R Leonard; Matthew D Smyth; T S Park; David D Limbrick Journal: Childs Nerv Syst Date: 2014-11-29 Impact factor: 1.475
Authors: Flavio Nigri; Gabriel Neffa Gobbi; Pedro Henrique da Costa Ferreira Pinto; Elington Lannes Simões; Egas Moniz Caparelli-Daquer Journal: Surg Neurol Int Date: 2016-05-13