ArticleChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2009
Intraventricular and subarachnoid basal cisterns neurocysticercosis: a comparative study between traditional treatment versus neuroendoscopic surgery.
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Clinical, Laboratory and Imaging Features, Treatment Trends and Long Term Outcomes in Patients With Parenchymal and Extraparenchymal Neurocysticercosis-A Registry Based Study
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- Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurocysticercosis: 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH).Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2018Guideline
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurocysticercosis: 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH).The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2018Guideline
- Comparison of Effectiveness Between Cysticidal and Surgical Treatments in Patients with Intraventricular Neurocysticercosis: A Single-Center Experience.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Current Role of Surgery in the Treatment of Neurocysticercosis.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Surgical management of intraventricular neurocysticercosis: Two cases treated through transcallosal interhemispheric approach.Surgical neurology international · 2024Article
- Intraventricular migration of fourth ventricular neurocysticercosis: an unusual complication during endoscopic surgery.BMJ case reports · 2023Article
- Neurocysticercosis Infection: A Case Report.Cureus · 2023Article
- Transventricular endoscopic approach to the anterior interhemispheric fissure for neurocysticercosis: illustrative cases.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2022Article
- Endoscope-assisted far lateral craniotomy for resection of posterior fossa neurocysticercosis: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2022Article
- Update on the diagnosis and management of neurocysticercosis.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2022Review
- CystiHuman: A model of human neurocysticercosis.PLoS computational biology · 2022Article
- Population Screening for Urine Antigens to Detect Asymptomatic Subarachnoid Neurocysticercosis: A Pilot Study in Northern Peru.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
- The rolling cyst: migrating intraventricular neurocysticercosis-a case-based update.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2020Review
- Optimal Treatment for Subarachnoid Neurocysticercosis: Closer, but Not There yet.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
- Ventricular Neurocysticercosis: A Severe Form of the Disease Waiting for Well-Designed Therapeutic Trials.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2018Article
- Intraventricular Neurocysticercosis: Experience and Long-Term Outcome from a Tertiary Referral Center in the United States.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2018Article
- Extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis: Demographic, clinicoradiological, and inflammatory features.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017Article
- Taenia crassiceps injection into the subarachnoid space of rats simulates radiological and morphological features of racemose neurocysticercosis.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2017Article
- Update on the Diagnosis and Management of Neurocysticercosis.Current infectious disease reports · 2016Review
- Clinical symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of neurocysticercosis.The Lancet. Neurology · 2014Review
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of traditional treatment and minimal invasive flexible endoscopy surgery (MIFNES) in the treatment of intraventricular and subarachnoid basal cisterns neurocysticercosis (NCC).
methodsThis was an observational comparative study of two independent series with a total of 140 patients with extremely severe forms of NCC from two different institutions. All 83 patients submitted for traditional treatment series received albendazole, and some of them received additionally praziquantel. Each cycle of both regimens lasted 4 weeks. The majority of these patients had at least one ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt. The rest 57 patients were submitted to the MIFNES treatment. The follow-up period was at least 6 months.
resultsIn all patients of both series cysticercal cysts disappeared, became calcified, or were removed. Symptoms of 136 patients improved. Four patients died. The average in the quality of life measured using the Karnofsky scale improved from a mean of 52.22 and 52.44 at the beginning to 85.48 and 90.37 at 6 months (p < 0.003), in the traditional treatment and MIFNES series, respectively. From traditional treatment, almost all patients remained with at least one VP shunt, and from the MIFNES series only 12 patients.
conclusionsThe authors postulate that MIFNES is a good alternative for the management of intraventricular and subarachnoid basal cisterns NCC because it allows removal of most of the parasites, rapid recovery of the patients, and removal and placement of shunt under direct vision when necessary. Traditional treatment is a second option where the MIFNES procedure is not available.
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