Persistent hydrocephalus after early surgical management of posterior fossa tumors in children: Is routine preoperative endoscopic third ventriculostomy justified?

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2005, Pages 247-252

  Morelli, Daniele ^a   Pirotte, Benoit ^a   Lubansu, Alphonse ^a   Detemmerman, Dominique ^a   Aeby, Alec ^a   Fricx, Christophe ^a   Berré, Jacques ^a   David, Philippe ^a   Brotchi, Jacques ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Pediatric neurosurgery; Posterior fossa tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; ANASTOMOSIS; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; ENDOSCOPY; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIRD VENTRICLE; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 27244444869     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2005.103.3.0247     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Albright L, Reigel DH: Management of hydrocephalus secondary to posterior fossa tumors. J Neurosurg 46:52-55, 1977
2. Arriada N, Sotelo J: Continuous-flow shunt for treatment of hydrocephalus due to lesions of the posterior fossa. J Neurosurg 101:762-766, 2004
3. Bognar L, Borgulya G, Benke P, Madarassy G: Analysis of CSF shunting procedure requirement in children with posterior fossa tumors. Childs Nerv Syst 19:332-336, 2003
4. Boschert J, Hellwig D, Krauss JK: Endoscopic third ventriculostomy for shunt dysfunction in occlusive hydrocephalus: long-term follow up and review. J Neurosurg 98:1032-1039, 2003
5. Brockmeyer D, Abtin K, Carey L, Walker ML: Endoscopic third ventriculostomy: an outcome analysis. Pediatr Neurosurg 28:236-240, 1998
6. Buxton N, Macarthur D, Robertson I, Punt J: Neuroendoscopic third ventriculostomy for failed shunts. Surg Neurol 60: 201-204, 2003
7. Cinalli G: Alternatives to shunting. Childs Nerv Syst 15: 718-731, 1999
8. Cinalli G, Sainte-Rose C, Chumas P, Zerah M, Brunelle F, Lot G, et al: Failure of third ventriculostomy in the treatment of aqueductal stenosis in children. J Neurosurg 90:448-454, 1999
9. Cinalli G, Salazar C, Mallucci C, Yada JZ, Zerah M, Sainte-Rose C: The role of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in the management of shunt malfunction. Neurosurgery 43:1323-1329, 1998
10. Devaux BC, Joly LM, Page P, Nataf F, Turak B, Beauvon F, et al: Laser-assisted endoscopic third ventriculostomy for obstructive hydrocephalus: technique and results in a series of 40 consecutive cases. Lasers Surg Med 34:368-378, 2004
11. Dias MS, Albright AL: Management of hydrocephalus complicating childhood posterior fossa tumors. Pediatr Neurosci 15: 283-290, 1989
12. Feng H, Huang G, Liao X, Fu K, Tan H, Pu H, et al: Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in the management of obstructive hydrocephalus: an outcome analysis. J Neurosurg 100:626-633, 2004
13. Fukuhara T, Vorster SJ, Luciano MG: Risk factors for failure of endoscopic third ventriculostomy for obstructive hydrocephalus. Neurosurgery 46:1100-1111, 2000
14. Garton HJ, Kestle JR, Cochrane DD, Steinbok P: A cost-effectiveness analysis of endoscopic third ventriculostomy. Neurosurgery 51:69-78, 2002
15. Gnanalingham KK, Lafuente J, Thompson D, Harkness W, Hayward R: The natural history of ventriculomegaly and tonsillar herniation in children with posterior fossa tumours - an MRI study. Pediatr Neurosurg 39:246-253, 2003
16. Grunert P, Charalampaki P, Hopf N, Filippi R: The role of third ventriculostomy in the management of obstructive hydrocephalus. Minim Invasive Neurosurg 46:16-21, 2003
17. Hopf NJ, Grunert P, Fries G, Resch KD, Perneczky A: Endoscopic third ventriculostomy: outcome analysis of 100 consecutive procedures. Neurosurgery 44:795-806, 1999
18. Iantosca MR, Hader WJ, Drake JM: Results of endoscopic third ventriculostomy. Neurosurg Clin N Am 15:67-75, 2004
19. Jones RF, Stening WA, Brydon M: Endoscopic third ventriculostomy. Neurosurgery 26:86-92, 1990
20. Massimi L, Di Rocco C, Tamburrini G, Caldarelli M, Iannelli A: [Endoscopic third ventriculostomy: complications and failures.] Minerva Pediatr 56:167-81, 2004 (Itl)
21. Nishiyama K, Mori H, Tanaka R: Changes in cerebrospinal fluid hydrodynamics following endoscopic third ventriculostomy for shunt-dependent noncommunicating hydrocephalus. J Neurosurg 98:1027-1031, 2003
22. Ruggiero C, Cinalli G, Spennato P, Aliberti F, Cianciulli E, Trischitta V, et al: Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in the treatment of hydrocephalus in posterior fossa tumors in children. Childs Nerv Syst 20:828-833, 2004
23. Sainte-Rose C, Cinalli G, Roux FE, Maixner R, Chumas PD, Mansour M, et al: Management of hydrocephalus in pediatric patients with posterior fossa tumors: the role of endoscopic third ventriculostomy. J Neurosurg 95:791-797, 2001
24. Schijman E, Peter JC, Rekate HL, Sgouros S, Wong TT: Management of hydrocephalus in posterior fossa tumors: how, what, when? Childs Nerv Syst 20:192-194, 2004
25. Schmid UD, Seiler RW: Management of obstructive hydrocephalus secondary to posterior fossa tumors by steroids and subcutaneous ventricular catheter reservoir. J Neurosurg 65: 649-653, 1986
26. Schroeder HW, Niendorf WR, Gaab MR: Complications of endoscopic third ventriculostomy. J Neurosurg 96:1032-1040, 2002