Publication year: 2012 Source: World Neurosurgery, Available online 10 February 2012 Triantafyllos Bouras, Spyros Sgouros The treatment of choice for several types of obstructive hydrocephalus is endoscopic third ventriculostomy. However, in certain cases ETV is not clearly superior to shunt placement, and a question of choice rises. Apart from the possibility of success in each case, [...]
Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, Volume 9, Issue 2, Page 178-181, February 2012. Object Endocrine dysfunction following endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) is rare, but it has been reported. In the present study the authors sought to determine the histological nature of the floor of the third ventricle in hydrocephalic brains to better elucidate this potential association. [...]