Biosystems and Environmental Engineering Research Group, Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box MP167, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. Electronic address: wgwenzi@agric.uz.ac.zw.
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) is mostly safe but may have serious complications. Most of the complications are inherent to the procedure's intra-axial nature. This study aimed to explore an a...
This prospective study began in October 2021 and included patients with obstructive triventricular hydrocephalus with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 8 or more and a minimum follow-up of 3 months. Patie...
Ten patients were included in this study. Six patients had acute hydrocephalus, and 4 had chronic hydrocephalus. After EAETV, all patients showed clinical improvement. An mRS score of 0 or 1 was achie...
EAETV is a feasible, safe, and effective surgical alternative to conventional ETV....
External ventricular drain(EVD) exposes the patient to infectious complications which are associated with significant morbidity and economic burden. Biomaterials impregnated with various antimicrobial...
Recently, intervention with endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) for patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) has emerged as a potential minimally invasive alternative to tradit...
Pineal neoplasms have a significant impact on children although they are relatively uncommon. They account for approximately 3-11% of all childhood brain tumors, which is considerably higher than the ...
The narrow surgical passage provided by the supraorbital keyhole craniotomy restricts the instrument's maneuverability and presents a number of technical challenges. Inadequate brain relaxation may ev...
The craniometric point was planned on one normal computed tomography (CT) brain. The coordinates were verified on 43 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain images uploaded on the neuronavigation syste...
Out of 32 patients, in 29 patients, ventricular hit was attained in a single attempt, and the rest 3 patients needed two attempts. The intraoperative ventricular hit rate was 100% with 90.6% success i...
The novel intraoperative frontal ventriculostomy is a safe trajectory and is a valid alternative to Menovsky's ventriculostomy or external lumbar drainage. The authors recommend this technique be gene...
Spontaneous third ventriculostomy (STV) is a rare occurrence in cases of obstructive hydrocephalus where the walls of the third ventricle rupture, communicating the ventricular system, and the subarac...
A retrospective review of cases undergoing cine phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging (PC-MRI) from 2015 to 2022 of any age with imaging evidence of arrested obstructive hydrocephalus was performe...
Fourteen cases were included (7 adults, 7 pediatrics), all with history of hydrocephalus. STV occurred in the floor of the third ventricle in 57.1% of the cases, at the lamina terminalis in 35.7%, and...
In cases of chronic obstructive hydrocephalus, neurosurgeons should be minded with the possibility of the presence of an STV on cine phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging leading to arrested hydro...
Despite the clinical benefits of external ventricular drains (EVD), these devices can lead to EVD-related infections (EVDRI). The drainage insertion technique and standardized guidelines can significa...
From 204 consecutive patients, 198 requiring EVD insertion were included (54% females, mean age 55 ± 15 years). The before-UP protocol included 87 patients, and the after-UP protocol included 111 pati...
A care bundle focusing on fewer catheter sampling and more accurate antiseptic measures can significantly decrease the incidence of EVDRI. After implementing the management protocol, a decreased incid...
Brain edema and/or acute hydrocephalus are common features that limit working space during early surgery of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). Intraoperative ventriculostomy offers an immediat...
We retrospectively reviewed all patients who were treated with pterional craniotomy and clipping for ruptured anterior circulation aneurysms in our center between 2012 and 2019. We included in this st...
In the study period, 162 patients with aSAH underwent surgical clipping. In 103 patients, an iEVD was used. The overall rate of iEVD-related complications was 6.7%, including 3 cases of catheter mispl...
In our experience, iEVD is a safe technique that facilitates dissection during early surgery for intracranial ruptured aneurysms, without requiring an additional burr hole procedure....
Hydrocephalus is commonly associated with Chiari malformation (CM) particularly CM type II. The traditional treatment of hydrocephalus in these patients has been cerebrospinal fluid diversion by shunt...
Assessment of the clinical and radiological outcomes of ETV in the management of hydrocephalus in children with CM II....
This is a prospective study conducted on 18 patients with CM II associated with hydrocephalus admitted to Cairo University hospitals between January 2020 and June 2021. These patients had been managed...
ETV was performed as a secondary procedure in 4 cases. The overall success rate of the procedure was 72%, and its success rate as a secondary procedure was 100%. Serial LP was effective in decreasing ...
ETV is an efficient and safe procedure in the treatment of hydrocephalus in children with Chiari malformation II, particularly when performed as a secondary procedure. Serial LP following the procedur...
The robot-assisted neurosurgical procedures have recently benefited of the evolution of intraoperative imaging, including mobile CT unit available in the operating room. This facilitated use paved the...
We describe our technique of robot-assisted endoscopic third ventriculocisternostomy combining robotic assistance and intraoperative CT imaging....
Robot-assisted endoscopic third ventriculocisternostomy using modern intraoperative neuroimaging can be easily implemented and prevented erroneous trajectory and abrupt endoscopic movements, reducing ...
