Abstract |
Optimal treatment for hydrocephalus related to Dandy-Walker syndrome (DWS) remains elusive. Patients with DWS-related hydrocephalus often require combinations of shunting systems to effectively drain both the supratentorial ventricles and posterior fossa cyst. We describe an endoscopic technique, whereby a frontally placed, single- catheter shunting system effectively drained the supratentorial and infratentorial compartments. This reduces the complexity and potential risk associated with the combined shunting systems required by so many with DWS-related hydrocephalus.
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Authors | Christian W Sikorski, Daniel J Curry |
Journal | Pediatric neurosurgery
(Pediatr Neurosurg)
2005 Sep-Oct
Vol. 41
Issue 5
Pg. 264-8
ISSN: 1016-2291 [Print] Switzerland |
PMID | 16195680
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)
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Copyright | Copyright 2005 S. Karger AG, Basel. |
Topics |
- Catheterization
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
(methods)
- Dandy-Walker Syndrome
(complications)
- Female
- Humans
- Hydrocephalus
(etiology, surgery)
- Infant, Newborn
- Neuroendoscopy
- Neuronavigation
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