Efficacy and safety of flexible versus rigid endoscopic third ventriculostomy in pediatric and adult populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Neurosurg Rev · 2022 · PMC8827229 · PMID 34173114

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Flexible endoscopy presented an overall trend towards lower incidence of intra-operative bleeding in the mixed age category (4 vs 6%) but not in the adult category (8 vs 6%) when compared with the rigid approach .

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