ArticleAsian journal of neurosurgery
Controlled Trial to Compare Therapeutic Efficacy of Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy Plus Choroid Plexus Cauterization with Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt in Infants with Obstructive Hydrocephalus.
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- Efficacy and safety of endoscopic third ventriculostomy with choroid plexus cauterization compared to ventriculoperitoneal shunting in pediatric hydrocephalus: a systematic review and meta-analysis with subgroup analysis.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025Pooled it
- Morbidity and etiology-based success rate of combined endoscopic ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 1918 infants.Neurosurgical review · 2023Pooled it
- Endoscopic third ventriculostomy versus ventriculoperitoneal shunt in pediatric and adult population: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurosurgical review · 2021Pooled it
- Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy with Choroid Plexus Coagulation for Infant Hydrocephalus.Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery · 2026Review
- Outcomes of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in comparison to ventriculoperitoneal shunt in obstructive hydrocephalus - A randomized controlled trial.Surgical neurology international · 2025Article
- 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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Abstract
contextVentriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt and endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) are the established surgical treatments for obstructive hydrocephalus (HCP). Powerful evidence regarding the best therapeutic approach for infants with obstructive HCP is lacked.
aimsComparison of the therapeutic efficacy of VP shunt and ETV/choroid plexus cauterization (CPC) in infants with obstructive HCP. SETTINGS AND
designThis was a randomized, active control, unblind, single-center, clinical trial.
methodsInfants with obstructive HCP were randomly allocated to each intervention group (ETV/CPC or VP shunt). They were monitored for at least 6 months for any sign of raised intracranial pressure (rICP). The recurrence of rICP signs requiring surgical intervention was considered as intervention failure. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: The association between intervention group and outcome was tested with Chi-square test, and
resultsOf the total fifty patients entering the study, 49 were included in the final analysis, 27 of them were in VP shunt and 22 in ETV/CPC group. Seventeen patients (34%) were female and 33 (66%) were male with mean age of 3.74 ± 3.1 months (range = 10 days - 11 months). Thirty-nine (79.6%) were under 6 months of age and the remaining were 6 months or older. The overall success rate in 36-month follow-up was 88.5% and 68.2% for VP shunt and ETV/CPC, respectively, with the difference being not statistically significant.
conclusionThe current study determined no inferiority of ETV/CPC compared to VP shunt, and therefore, it may become an efficient treatment for obstructive HCP in infants.
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