ArticleChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2012
Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy Success Score (ETVSS) predicting success in a series of 50 pediatric patients. Are the outcomes of our patients predictable?
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- 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
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- Endoscopic third ventriculostomy: a feasible treatment option for pediatric hydrocephalus in a high-risk cohort - a single-center report.World journal of pediatric surgery · 2022Article
- External validation of the ETV success score in 313 pediatric patients: a Brazilian single-center study.Neurosurgical review · 2021Article
- Prediction of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) success with preoperative third ventricle floor bowing (TVFB): a supplement to ETV success score.Neurosurgical review · 2020Article
- Neuroendoscopic biopsy: analysis of a series of 80 patients.Neurosurgical review · 2020Article
- Visual outcome after endoscopic third ventriculostomy for hydrocephalus.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2018Article
- Markedly Improved Success Rate of Endoscopically Assisted Third Ventriculostomy Is Achieved by Routine Placement of External Lumbar Drain.Journal of neurological surgery reports · 2017Article
- International Infant Hydrocephalus Study: initial results of a prospective, multicenter comparison of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) and shunt for infant hydrocephalus.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2016Article
- Hydrocephalus in aqueductal stenosis--a retrospective outcome analysis and proposal of subtype classification.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2016Article
- Development and content validation of performance assessments for endoscopic third ventriculostomy.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2015Review
- Endoscopic third ventriculostomy: can we predict success during surgery?Neurosurgical review · 2014Article
- An external validation of the ETVSS for both short-term and long-term predictive adequacy in 104 pediatric patients.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2013Article
- Controlled Trial to Compare Therapeutic Efficacy of Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy Plus Choroid Plexus Cauterization with Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt in Infants with Obstructive Hydrocephalus.Asian journal of neurosurgeryArticle
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Abstract
purposeIn our series of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV), we sought to establish the relationship between the preoperative prediction using the Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy Success Score (ETVSS) and the postsurgical success rate. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis descriptive analytical study comprised 50 pediatric patients who underwent 58 ETV procedures between 2003 and 2011. Data regarding clinical, surgical, and radiological findings were obtained from a continuously updated database. For each patient, we calculated the ETVSS, based on the patient's age, hydrocephalus etiology, and presence of a previous shunt. We considered success to be an established or improved clinical state and at least one of the following radiological criteria: (a) reduction in ventricular size or stable ventricles with disappearance of periventricular edema and increased subarachnoid space over cerebral convexities, (b) flow artifact in sagittal T2FSE MR, or (c) bidirectional flow signal in 2D-CPC MR. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. Six months was the minimum postoperative follow-up required.
resultsThe ETV was successful in 29 patients (58 %). Patients aged over 1 year achieved the best results (p < 0.019). For those who underwent successful ETV, the mean ETVSS was 71.03 (95 % CI, 66.23-75.84). In those for whom the ETV was not successful, the mean ETVSS was 60 (95 % CI, 53.09-66.90); (p < 0.007).
conclusionsThe success of ETV in our series could have been predicted by ETVSS. Predictability could help establish stricter surgical selection criteria, thereby obtaining higher success rates, as well as preparing the patients and their families for expected outcomes.
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