Objective:Toknow thesurgicaloutcomeofendoscopicthirdventriculostomy(ETV)in
hydrocephalus.Setting:NeurosurgerydepartmentofBenhauniversityhospitals.From January
2016toFebruary2020.Materialsandmethods:Atotalof58patientswithhydrocephalus,
irrespectiveofgenderdiscriminationwereincludedinthisstudy.HydrocephaluswithCSF
loculationsortumourwasexcluded.HydrocephaluswasdiagnosedbyCTscanbrainandMRI.
Theinformationregardingpatientdetails,causesofhydrocephalusandcomplicationsof
procedureweredocumentedinpatient’sPerforma.ThedatawasanalyzedbySPSSversion26.
Frequencyandpercentagewascalculatedforcategoricalvariables.Mean±SDwascalculated
forage.Resultswerepresentedastables.Results:Atotalof58patientswithhydrocephalus
wereincludedinthestudy.Outof58patients,Therewere32males(55.2%)ofpatientsand26
females(44.8%).Themeanagewas22.86months.congenitalaqueductalstenosiswasthe
commonestcauseofhydrocephalus.Post-operativelyCSFleakagewaspresentin20patients
(34.5%).Post-operativeinfectionispresentin6patients(10.3%).Conclusions:Endoscopicthird
ventriculostomyissafe and effective procedure.Those patientswho meetthe criteria,
endoscopicthirdventriculostomyoffersthepossibilityoffreedomfromshuntdependency |
