Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy in the Treatment of Childhood Hydrocephalus

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Kulkarni, Abhaya V ^a   Drake, James M ^a   Mallucci, Conor L ^b   Sgouros, Spyros ^c   Roth, Jonathan ^d   Constantini, Shlomi ^d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651097671     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.02.048     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Persson E.K., Anderson S., Wiklund L.M., and Uvebrant P. Hydrocephalus in children born in 1999-2002: epidemiology, outcome and ophthalmological findings. Childs Nerv Syst 23 (2007) 1111-1118
2. Warf B.C. Hydrocephalus in Uganda: the predominance of infectious origin and primary management with endoscopic third ventriculostomy. J Neurosurg 102 (2005) 1-15
3. Vernet O., and Rilliet B. Late complications of ventriculoatrial or ventriculoperitoneal shunts. Lancet 358 (2001) 1569-1570
4. Simon T.D., Riva-Cambrin J., Srivastava R., Bratton S.L., Dean J.M., and Kestle J.R.W. Hospital care for children with hydrocephalus in the United States: utilization, charges, comorbidities, and deaths. J Neurosurg 108 Suppl (2008) 131-137
5. Di Rocco C., Massimi L., and Tamburrini G. Shunts vs endoscopic third ventriculostomy in infants: are there different types and/or rates of complications? A review. Childs Nerv Syst 22 (2006) 1573-1589
6. Drake J.M., Kestle J.R., and Tuli S. CSF shunts 50 years on-past, present and future. Childs Nerv Syst 16 (2000) 800-804
7. Idowu O., Doherty A., and Tiamiyu O. Initial experience with endoscopic third ventriculostomy in Nigeria, West Africa. Childs Nerv Syst 24 (2008) 253-255 discussion 257. Epub 2007 Sep 22
8. Warf B.C. Comparison of 1-year outcomes for the Chhabra and Codman-Hakim Micro Precision shunt systems in Uganda: a prospective study in 195 children. J Neurosurg 102 (2005) 358-362
9. Drake J.M. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in pediatric patients: the Canadian experience. Neurosurgery 60 (2007) 881-886
10. Javadpour M., and Mallucci C. The role of neuroendoscopy in the management of tectal gliomas. Childs Nerv Syst 20 (2004) 852-857
11. Javadpour M., Mallucci C., Brodbelt A., Golash A., and May P. The impact of endoscopic third ventriculostomy on the management of newly diagnosed hydrocephalus in infants. Pediatr Neurosurg 35 (2001) 131-135
12. Javadpour M., May P., and Mallucci C. Sudden death secondary to delayed closure of endoscopic third ventriculostomy. Br J Neurosurg 17 (2003) 266-269
13. Kombogiorgas D., and Sgouros S. Assessment of the influence of operative factors in the success of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in children. Childs Nerv Syst 22 (2006) 1256-1262
14. O'Brien D.F., Hayhurst C., Pizer B., and Mallucci C.L. Outcomes in patients undergoing single-trajectory endoscopic third ventriculostomy and endoscopic biopsy for midline tumors presenting with obstructive hydrocephalus. J Neurosurg 105 (2006) 219-226
15. O'Brien D.F., Javadpour M., Collins D.R., Spennato P., and Mallucci C.L. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy: an outcome analysis of primary cases and procedures performed after ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction. J Neurosurg 103 (2005) 393-400
16. O'Brien D.F., Seghedoni A., Collins D.R., Hayhurst C., and Mallucci C.L. Is there an indication for ETV in young infants in aetiologies other than isolated aqueduct stenosis?. Childs Nerv Syst 22 (2006) 1565-1572
17. St George E., Natarajan K., and Sgouros S. Changes in ventricular volume in hydrocephalic children following successful endoscopic third ventriculostomy. Childs Nerv Syst 20 (2004) 834-838
18. Beems T., and Grotenhuis J.A. Is the success rate of endoscopic third ventriculostomy age-dependent? An analysis of the results of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in young children. Childs Nerv Syst 18 (2002) 605-608
19. Etus V., and Ceylan S. Success of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in children less than 2 years of age. Neurosurg Rev 28 (2005) 284-288
20. Siomin V., Cinalli G., Grotenhuis A., Golash A., Oi S., Kothbauer K., et al. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in patients with cerebrospinal fluid infection and/or hemorrhage. J Neurosurg 97 (2002) 519-524
21. Woodworth G., McGirt M.J., Thomas G., Williams M.A., and Rigamonti D. Prior CSF shunting increases the risk of endoscopic third ventriculostomy failure in the treatment of obstructive hydrocephalus in adults. Neurol Res 29 (2007) 27-31
22. Kleinbaum D.G., Kupper L.L., and Muller K.E. Collinearity concepts. Applied regression analysis and other multivariable methods (1988), Wadsworth Publishing Company, Belmont, California 209-14
23. Harrison D.A., Brady A.R., Parry G.J., Carpenter J.R., and Rowan K. Recalibration of risk prediction models in a large multicenter cohort of admissions to adult, general critical care units in the United Kingdom. Crit Care Med 34 (2006) 1378-1388
24. Steyerberg E.W., Harrell Jr. F.E., Borsboom G.J., Eijkemans M.J., Vergouwe Y., and Habbema J.D. Internal validation of predictive models: efficiency of some procedures for logistic regression analysis. J Clin Epidemiol 54 (2001) 774-781
25. Hanley J.A., and McNeil B.J. The meaning and use of the area under a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Radiology 143 (1982) 29-36
26. Miller M.E., Hui S.L., and Tierney W.M. Validation techniques for logistic regression models. Stat Med 10 (1991) 1213-1226
27. Steyerberg E.W., Bleeker S.E., Moll H.A., Grobbee D.E., and Moons K.G. Internal and external validation of predictive models: a simulation study of bias and precision in small samples. J Clin Epidemiol 56 (2003) 441-447
28. Burroughs A.K., Sabin C.A., Rolles K., Delvart V., Karam V., Buckels J., et al. 3-month and 12-month mortality after first liver transplant in adults in Europe: predictive models for outcome. Lancet 367 (2006) 225-232
29. Dandy W.E. An operative procedure for hydrocephalus. Johns Hopkins Hosp Bull 33 (1922) 189
30. Drake J., Kestle J., Milner R., Cinalli G., Boop F., Piatt J., et al. Randomized trial of cerebrospinal fluid shunt valve design in pediatric hydrocephalus. Neurosurgery 43 (1998) 294-303
31. Kulkarni A.V., Drake J.M., and Lamberti-Pasculli M. Cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection: a prospective study of risk factors. J Neurosurg 94 (2001) 195-201
32. Kulkarni A.V., Rabin D., Lamberti-Pasculli M., and Drake J.M. Repeat cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection in children. Pediatr Neurosurg 35 (2001) 66-71
33. Kulkarni A.V., and Shams I. Quality of life in pediatric hydrocephalus: results from Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. J Neurosurg 107 Suppl (2007) 358-364
34. Kadrian D., van Gelder J., Florida D., Jones R., Vonau M., Teo C., et al. Long-term reliability of endoscopic third ventriculostomy. Neurosurgery 56 (2005) 1271-1278
35. Koch D., and Wagner W. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in infants of less than 1 year of age: which factors influence the outcome?. Childs Nerv Syst 20 (2004) 405-411
36. Fritsch M.J., Kienke S., Ankermann T., Padoin M., and Mehdorn H.M. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in infants. J Neurosurg 103 (2005) 50-53
37. Greenfield J.P., Hoffman C., Kuo E., Christos P.J., and Souweidane M.M. Intraoperative assessment of endoscopic third ventriculostomy success. J Neurosurg 2 (2008) 298-303
38. Kehler U., Regelsberger J., Gliemroth J., and Westphal M. Outcome prediction of third ventriculostomy: a proposed hydrocephalus grading system. Minim Invasive Neurosurg 49 (2006) 238-243
39. Kestle J., Drake J., Milner R., Sainte-Rose C., Cinalli G., Boop F., et al. Long-term follow-up data from the Shunt Design Trial. Pediatr Neurosurg 33 (2000) 230-236
40. Sgouros S., Kulkarni A.V., and Constantini S. The International Infant Hydrocephalus Study: concept and rationale. Childs Nerv Syst 22 (2006) 338-345
41. De Wals P., Tairou F., Van Allen M.I., Uh S.H., Lowry R.B., Sibbald B., et al. Reduction in neural-tube defects after folic acid fortification in Canada. N Engl J Med 357 (2007) 135-142