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Child's Nervous System
Published in: Child's Nervous System 3/2019

01-03-2019 | Hydrocephalus | Original Article

Treatment of multi-loculated hydrocephalus using endoscopic cyst fenestration and endoscopic guided VP shunt insertion

Authors: Sirachai Piyachon, Nunthasiri Wittayanakorn, Lisa Kittisangvara, Paveen Tadadontip

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 3/2019

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Abstract

Objective

To evaluate the role of endoscopic cyst fenestration and endoscopic guided VP shunt insertion in multi-loculated hydrocephalus in children.

Method

A retrospective analysis was performed on 20 patients with multi-loculated hydrocephalus who underwent endoscopic cyst fenestration (ECF) alone or in combination with VP shunt revision or insertion between August 2014 and December 2016 with the extended follow-up period to December 2017.

Results

Thirty-one ECFs were performed: ECF alone, 10 operations in 8 cases, and 21 ECFs with shunt insertion in 12 cases. Eighteen of 20 patients required a VP shunt, 7 cases required multiple shunts. All patients with a previous shunt remained shunt dependent; and 6 cases with no prior shunt underwent endoscopic guided ventricular catheter insertion after ECF; only 2 cases did not require a shunt after ECF. The rate of repeated ECFs was 0.25 operations/year and the shunt revision rate was 0.11 operations/year. VP shunt or cystoperitoneal shunt without repeat ECF was used in 7 cases (35%). Mean duration between operations was 71 days in repeated ECF and 16 days in added-on shunt. The most common cause of re-operations was new formation of intraventricular fibrosis or compartmentalization causing ventricular catheter blockage.

Conclusion

Endoscopic cyst fenestration and endoscopic assisted VP shunt insertion minimize shunt complications in multi-loculated hydrocephalus. Shunt independence is unusual.
Footnotes
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Metadata
Title
Treatment of multi-loculated hydrocephalus using endoscopic cyst fenestration and endoscopic guided VP shunt insertion
Authors
Sirachai Piyachon
Nunthasiri Wittayanakorn
Lisa Kittisangvara
Paveen Tadadontip
Publication date
01-03-2019
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Child's Nervous System / Issue 3/2019
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-019-04047-w

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