Endoscopic
third ventriculostomy. 2007; http://www.upstate.edu/practice/neurosurgery/ education/med_students/3v/ (Accessed 10/11/09)
During the following decades
third ventriculostomy through a small open craniotomy was the main treatment modality prior to the development of shunt systems during the 1950s.
A standard endoscopic
third ventriculostomy was done.
Neuroendoscopic
third ventriculostomy for hydrocephalus in adults: report of a single unit's experience with 63 cases.
Definitive management is surgical intervention, either via a shunt system or
third ventriculostomy procedure (Drake & Lantosca, 2001).
The causes of CVI included Ommaya reservoir placement (one case), pituitary adenoma resection (one case), open craniotomy (three cases), endoscopic
third ventriculostomy (four cases), EVD (six cases), and ventricular peritoneal shunt (10 cases).
An Endoscopic
Third Ventriculostomy (ETV) with fenestration was performed.The patient was shifted to the NICU and discharged after 3 days in a stable condition.
Ozek, "Hydrocephalus in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1: MR imaging findings and the outcome of endoscopic
third ventriculostomy," American Journal of Neuroradiology, vol.
The two main recognised definitive procedures used to treat hydrocephalus in myelomeningocele patients are ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) insertion and endoscopic
third ventriculostomy (ETV).
One patient was taken back to surgery for an endoscopic
third ventriculostomy (ETV) and lysis of ventricular adhesions after inability to wean her EVD.
8 Endoscopic
Third Ventriculostomy: A Surgeon's Experience.
In a case report of cardiac arrest during endoscopic
third ventriculostomy, the authors postulated that the event was caused by high pressure irrigation, which caused distortion of the autonomic nuclei in the hypothalamus (9).