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Considerations on very early management of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in children with posterior fossa tumors

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Abbreviations

ETV:

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy

CSF:

Cerebrospinal fluid

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

LGG:

Low grade glioma

DIPG:

Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma

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  1. Neurosurgery, Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo Dei Tintori, Via Pergolesi 33, 20900, Monza, Italy

    Andrea Trezza, Giorgio Giovanni Carrabba, Liliana Meletti, Andrea Di Cristofori & Carlo Giorgio Giussani

  2. School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

    Giorgio Giovanni Carrabba, Liliana Meletti & Carlo Giorgio Giussani

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Author Contributions. A.T., G.G.C and A.d.C.: conceptualization, data curation, formal analysis, investigation, methodology, writing – original draft, writing – review & editing; L.M.: data collection; C. G. G.: conceptualization, validation, supervision, writing – review & editing.

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Trezza, A., Carrabba, G.G., Meletti, L. et al. Considerations on very early management of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in children with posterior fossa tumors. Childs Nerv Syst 40, 7–10 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-023-06228-0

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