Ventriculostomy

04/01/2009 - "Uncertainty persists on the best treatment for patients with obstructive hydrocephalus: endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) or shunt, particularly in the younger age groups. "
12/01/2008 - "Endoscopic third ventriculostomy: the best option in the treatment of persistent hydrocephalus after posterior cranial fossa tumour removal?"
01/01/2014 - "Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) is considered the gold standard treatment for obstructive hydrocephalus due to partial or complete obstruction of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) ventricular pathways caused by mass lesions. "
09/01/2014 - "Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) is an accepted modality of treatment for obstructive hydrocephalus, with good results in adult patients. "
04/01/2010 - "The authors report on 3 consecutive cases involving infants under the age of 6 months treated successfully with ventriculocystostomy in combination with direct hydrocephalus treatment (endoscopic third ventriculostomy or shunt placement). "

07/01/2010 - "The use of antibiotic-impregnated catheters resulted in a significant reduction of ventriculostomy infections and is recommended in the adult neurosurgical population."
06/01/1993 - "Future studies should compare various methods of ventriculostomy site care for efficacy of infection prevention, cost and caregiver time."
05/01/2014 - "Efficacy of antibiotic-impregnated external ventricular drains in reducing ventriculostomy-associated infections."
02/01/2008 - "To provide a critical evaluation of the published literature describing risk factors for ventriculostomy-related infections (VRIs) and the efficacy of prophylactic catheter exchange. "
07/01/2002 - "To provide a critical evaluation of the published literature describing risk factors for ventriculostomy-related infections (VRIs) and the efficacy of prophylactic catheter exchange. "

08/01/2013 - "Endoscopic third ventriculostomy is a safe and effective procedure for the treatment of Blake's pouch cyst."
01/01/2001 - "Following an endoscopic third-ventriculostomy, serial magnetic resonance imaging studies demonstrated that not only had the ventriculomegaly resolved but also that the pineal cyst had regressed over time. "
05/01/2015 - "Endoscopic ablation of the cyst was achieved and followed by endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV). "
04/01/2015 - "Twenty patients were operated via a suboccipital transtentorial approach with total removal of the cyst in 70% of the cases, while the remaining 4 cases were treated with an intraventricular endoscopic marsupialization associating a third ventriculostomy. "
03/01/2015 - "Stereotactic surgery was performed in 36 cases for brachytherapy, in 29 for biopsy, in 20 cases for cyst puncture, in eight for stereotactically guided endoscopic ventriculostomy, in five for catheter placement and in one case for depth electrode insertion. "

12/01/2015 - "Although no clinically relevant external ventricular drain-related hemorrhage occurred, ventriculostomy should be performed before anticoagulation whenever possible."
12/01/2015 - "No surgical intervention was necessary to treat ventriculostomy-related bleeding. "
12/01/2015 - "Hemorrhage was more likely to be observed when ventriculostomy was performed before the additional anticoagulation was started, although this was not statistically significant. "
12/01/2015 - "A ventriculostomy-related hemorrhage occurred in 28 of 117 patients (24%) with anticoagulation therapy and in 27 of 327 patients (8%) without anticoagulation therapy (P < 0.001). "
12/01/2015 - "Ventriculostomy-related hemorrhage was observed in 55 patients (12%). "

01/01/1994 - "It is concluded that poor grade aneurysm patients can achieve a better outcome with active treatment based on immediate ventriculostomy and optimal haemodynamic parameters after haematoma evacuation and early occlusion of the aneurysm."
10/01/2003 - "Changes in cerebral transit time and electroencephalography along with somatosensory evoked potentials were documented as were improvement in these parameters following aneurysm obliteration and ventriculostomy placement. "
01/01/2012 - "Observational study of consecutive SAH grade 3-5 patients who underwent ventriculostomy placement, but did not undergo open craniotomy for aneurysm obliteration. "
12/01/2014 - "A young man with Fisher grade IV subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) underwent aneurysm coiling following external ventriculostomy. "
09/01/2013 - "One patient who underwent endoscopic third ventriculostomy was recruited as a positive control to validate the technique, and 1 patient who underwent aneurysm clipping but not FLT was recruited as a negative control. "