Endoscopic third ventriculostomy before surgery of third ventricle and posterior fossa tumours decreases the risk of secondary hydrocephalus and early postoperative complications.

Neurosurg Rev · 2022 · PMC8827142 · PMID 34291350

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Yet, ETV significantly reduced HCP occurrence in the group of patients with intraventricular and posterior fossa tumours (p = 0.03), which means that these factors might be significant predictors of postoperative HCP in larger groups of patients as well.

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