ReviewNeurosurgical review2005
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy for obstructive hydrocephalus.
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58 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 198 citations in OpenAlex.
- Slicing through complexity: a systematic review assessing the efficacy and safety of water-jet dissection in neurosurgical procedures with technical suggestions.Neurosurgical review · 2025Pooled it
- Endoscopic third ventriculostomy with/without choroid plexus cauterization for hydrocephalus due to hemorrhage, infection, Dandy-Walker malformation, and neural tube defect: a meta-analysis.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2014Pooled it
- Success and failure of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in young infants: are there different age distributions?Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2006Pooled it
- Simultaneous endoscopic third ventriculostomy and ventriculoperitoneal shunt for infantile hydrocephalus.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2008Trial
- Reverse brain herniation following CSF diversion in a 2-year-old child-case report and review of literature.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026Review
- Leptomeninges: Anatomy, Mechanisms of Disease and Neuroimaging.Neurology international · 2025Review
- Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. Efficacy and possible positive predictors: a systematic review.Brain & spine · 2025Review
- Evaluation of training models for intraventricular neuroendoscopy.Neurosurgical review · 2024Article
- Treatment of post-thalamic hemorrhage hydrocephalus: ventriculoperitoneal shunt or endoscopic third ventriculostomy? A retrospective observational study.BMC neurology · 2024Observational
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- Regulation of brain fluid volumes and pressures: basic principles, intracranial hypertension, ventriculomegaly and hydrocephalus.Fluids and barriers of the CNS · 2024Review
- Endoscopic transaqueductal stent placement for tumor-related aqueductal compression in pediatric patients: surgical consideration, technique, and results.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024Article
- The minimally invasive transventricular endoscopic approach to third ventricular lesions in pediatric patients-all-rounder with limitations?Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2023Article
- Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy versus Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt in Patients with Obstructive Hydrocephalus: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Asian journal of neurosurgery · 2023Review
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- Heidelberg ETV score to assess success of ETV in patients with occlusive hydrocephalus: a retrospective single-center study.Neurosurgical review · 2023Article
- Resolution of Papilledema Following Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt or Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy for Obstructive Hydrocephalus: A Pilot Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Arachnoid Membranes: Crawling Back into Radiologic Consciousness.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2022Review
- Anatomic variations of the floor of the third ventricle: Surgical implications for endoscopic third ventriculostomy.Surgical neurology international · 2022Article
- Neurosurgical anatomy of the floor of the third ventricle and related vascular structures.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2021Article
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Abstract
The indications for neuroendoscopy are not only constantly increasing, but even the currently accepted indications are constantly being adjusted and tailored. This is also true for one of the most frequently used neuroendoscopic procedures, the endoscopic 3rd ventriculostomy (ETV) for obstructive hydrocephalus. ETV has gained popularity and widespread acceptance during the past few years, but little attention has been paid to the techniques of the procedure. After a short introduction describing the history of ETV, an overview is given of all the different techniques that have been and still are employed to open the floor of the 3rd ventricle. The spectrum of indications for ETV has been widely enlarged over the last years. Initially, the use of this procedure was restricted to patients older than 2 years, to patients with an obvious triventricular hydrocephalus, and to those with a bulging, translucent floor of the 3rd ventricle. Nowadays, indications include all kinds of obstructive hydrocephalus but also communicating forms of hydrocephalus. The results of endoscopic procedures in treating these pathologies are given under special consideration of shunt technologies. In summary, from the review of the publications since the first ETV performed by Mixter in 1923, this technique is the treatment of choice for obstructive hydrocephalus caused by different etiologies and is an alternative to cerebrospinal fluid shunt application.
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