ReviewChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2016
Ventricular volume and neurocognitive outcome after endoscopic third ventriculostomy: is shunting a better option? A review.
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- Endoscopic Treatment versus Shunting for Infant Hydrocephalus in Uganda.The New England journal of medicine · 2017Trial
- Using rapid-sequence MRI scans to compare ventricular and intracranial volumes in shunted and non-shunted children with myelomeningocele: a retrospective observational cohort study.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026Observational
- Subcortical morphological alterations and volume loss in infantile hydrocephalus: A surface- and volume-based analysis.Neuroimage. Reports · 2026Article
- Comparison of postoperative outcomes following endoscopic third ventriculostomy or shunt in a propensity score matched pediatric cohort.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025Article
- Transcriptomic and histological characteristics of innate immune activation in brain parenchyma in a rat model of neonatal intraventricular hemorrhage.Fluids and barriers of the CNS · 2025Article
- Impaired neurogenesis with reactive astrocytosis in the hippocampus in a porcine model of acquired hydrocephalus.Experimental neurology · 2023Article
- Treatment Strategies and Challenges to Avoid Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunting for Pediatric Hydrocephalus.Neurologia medico-chirurgica · 2022Review
- Endoscopic third ventriculostomy and cerebrospinal fluid shunting for pure communicating hydrocephalus in children.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2021Article
- Cranial and ventricular size following shunting or endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) in infants with aqueductal stenosis: further insights from the International Infant Hydrocephalus Study (IIHS).Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2020Article
- Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy: Success and Failure.Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society · 2017Review
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Abstract
backgroundShunts are generally associated with a smaller post-treatment ventricular size in comparison to endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV).
methodsTo determine whether such a difference in ventricular size has neurocognitive implications, we reviewed the current literature pertaining to the (1) neurocognitive sequelae of hydrocephalus, (2) neurocognitive outcome after ETV, (3) extent of reversal of neurocognitive changes associated with hydrocephalus after shunting, and (4) data on correlation between post-treatment ventricular volume and neurocognitive outcome after ETV.
resultsCollectively, the results of the available studies should call into question the correlation between the residual postoperative ventricular volume and neurocognitive outcome.
conclusionThe available literature is so far in support of ETV as a valid and effective treatment modality in hydrocephalic patients. No sufficient evidence is available to justify resorting to shunting on the premise that it is associated with a better neurocognitive outcome.
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