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10943985

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-3
pubmed:abstractText
Pineal lesions in the pediatric patient are often complicated by the development of hydrocephalus due to obstruction of the aqueduct or the third ventricle by tumor masses. In such cases, hydrocephalus treatment has the highest priority and should be performed prior to any surgical treatment of the pineal tumor itself. The golden standard in obstructive hydrocephalus treatment remains placement of a temporary or permanent cerebrospinal fluid shunt, although there are many long-term complications associated with a shunt system. To avoid these and to render the patients independent from a failure-prone shunt system, we employed endoscopic third ventriculostomy for permanent relief of elevated intracranial pressure prior to surgical removal of the pineal lesions. The present study summarizes the results of this approach in 7 pediatric patients with obstructive hydrocephalus. No complications of the endoscopic procedure were encountered, and the ventriculostomy remained patent in all cases, as confirmed by motion sensitive MRI. The advantages of endoscopic third ventriculostomy as compared with other techniques are discussed, and its increasing role in the management of children with space occupying lesions of the pineal region is defined.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0946-7211
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
83-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy is the treatment of choice for obstructive hydrocephalus due to pediatric pineal tumors.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article