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Endoscopic third ventriculostomy and cerebrospinal fluid shunting for pure communicating hydrocephalus in children

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Purpose

Recent reports regarding endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) for pediatric hydrocephalus revealed that ETV could avoid cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunting in certain types of hydrocephalus. However, the effectiveness of ETV for “pure” communicating hydrocephalus that has no obstruction through CSF pathway is still unknown. In this study, we report clinical outcome of ETV and CSF shunting for communicating hydrocephalus and discuss the efficacy of ETV for pure communicating hydrocephalus.

Methods

Children less than 15 years old who underwent ETV or CSF shunting for communicating hydrocephalus were retrospectively reviewed. The absence of obstruction through CSF circulation was confirmed by CT cisternography or cine-contrast image in MRI.

Results

Sixty-three patients (45 CSF shunting and 18 ETV) were included. The mean follow-up period was 6.1 years. The success rate was 60% in CSF shunting and 67% in ETV at the last visit (p = 0.867). Normal development was observed in 24 patients (53%) in CSF shunting and 12 patients (67%) in ETV (p = 0.334). There was a significant difference in the mean time to failure (CSF shunting: 51.1 months, ETV 3.6 months, p = 0.004). The factor that affected success rate in ETV was the age at surgery (success 21.6 months, failure 4.4 months, p = 0.024) and ETV success score (success 66.7, failure 50.0, p = 0.047).

Conclusion

Clinical outcomes of ETV were not inferior to those of CSF shunting in patients with communicating hydrocephalus. Further studies is required to elucidate to establish the consensus of ETV as a treatment option for communicating hydrocephalus.

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    Kenichi Usami, Eitaro Ishisaka & Hideki Ogiwara

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Usami, K., Ishisaka, E. & Ogiwara, H. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy and cerebrospinal fluid shunting for pure communicating hydrocephalus in children. Childs Nerv Syst 37, 2813–2819 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-021-05242-4

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