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Endoscopic, single-catheter treatment of Dandy-Walker syndrome hydrocephalus: technical case report and review of treatment options.

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.
AuthorsChristian W Sikorski, Daniel J Curry
JournalPediatric neurosurgery (Pediatr Neurosurg) 2005 Sep-Oct Vol. 41 Issue 5 Pg. 264-8 ISSN: 1016-2291 [Print] Switzerland
PMID16195680 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)
CopyrightCopyright 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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