Soner Duru1,2, Jose L Peiro3, Marc Oria3, Emrah Aydin3, Canan Subasi4, Cengiz Tuncer4, Harold L Rekate5. 1. Department of Neurosurgery, Duzce University Faculty of Medicine, Konuralp Beldesi, 81100, Duzce, Turkey. sonerduru@yahoo.com. 2. Fetal Center, Division of General and Thoracic Surgery, MLC 11020, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, 45229-3039, USA. sonerduru@yahoo.com. 3. Fetal Center, Division of General and Thoracic Surgery, MLC 11020, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, 45229-3039, USA. 4. Department of Neurosurgery, Duzce University Faculty of Medicine, Konuralp Beldesi, 81100, Duzce, Turkey. 5. Long Island Jewish Medical Center, North Shore University Hospital, The Chiari Institute, Great Neck, Manhasset, NY, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) has become the method of choice in the treatment of hydrocephalus. Age and etiology could determine success rates (SR) of ETV. The purpose of this study is to assess these factors in pediatric population. METHODS: Retrospective study on 51 children with obstructive hydrocephalus that underwent ETV was performed. The patients were divided into three groups per their age at the time of the treatment: < 6, 6-24, and > 24 months of age. All ETV procedures were performed by the same neurosurgeon. RESULTS: Overall SR of ETV was 80% (40/51) for all etiologies and ages. In patients < 6 months of age SR was 56.2% (9/16), while 6-24 months of age was 88.9% (16/18) and > 24 months was 94.1% (16/17) (p = 0.012). The highest SR was obtained on aqueductal stenosis. SR of posthemorrhagic, postinfectious, and spina bifida related hydrocephalus was 60% (3/5), 50% (1/2), and 14.3% (1/7), respectively. While SR rate at the first ETV attempt was 85.3%, it was 76.9% in patients with V-P shunt performed previously (p = 0.000). CONCLUSIONS: Factors indicating a potential failure of ETV were young age and etiology such as spina bifida, other than isolated aqueductal stenosis. ETV is the method of choice even in patients with former shunting. Fast healing, distensible skulls, and lower pressure gradient in younger children, all can play a role in ETV failure. Based on our experience, ETV could be the first method of choice for hydrocephalus even in children younger than 6 months of age.
PURPOSE: Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) has become the method of choice in the treatment of hydrocephalus. Age and etiology could determine success rates (SR) of ETV. The purpose of this study is to assess these factors in pediatric population. METHODS: Retrospective study on 51 children with obstructive hydrocephalus that underwent ETV was performed. The patients were divided into three groups per their age at the time of the treatment: < 6, 6-24, and > 24 months of age. All ETV procedures were performed by the same neurosurgeon. RESULTS: Overall SR of ETV was 80% (40/51) for all etiologies and ages. In patients < 6 months of age SR was 56.2% (9/16), while 6-24 months of age was 88.9% (16/18) and > 24 months was 94.1% (16/17) (p = 0.012). The highest SR was obtained on aqueductal stenosis. SR of posthemorrhagic, postinfectious, and spina bifida related hydrocephalus was 60% (3/5), 50% (1/2), and 14.3% (1/7), respectively. While SR rate at the first ETV attempt was 85.3%, it was 76.9% in patients with V-P shunt performed previously (p = 0.000). CONCLUSIONS: Factors indicating a potential failure of ETV were young age and etiology such as spina bifida, other than isolated aqueductal stenosis. ETV is the method of choice even in patients with former shunting. Fast healing, distensible skulls, and lower pressure gradient in younger children, all can play a role in ETV failure. Based on our experience, ETV could be the first method of choice for hydrocephalus even in children younger than 6 months of age.
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