Treatment of post-thalamic hemorrhage hydrocephalus: ventriculoperitoneal shunt or endoscopic third ventriculostomy? A retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) and endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) for the treatment of hydrocephalus after thalamic hemorrhage (TH) where external ventricular drainage (EVD) could not be removed after hematoma absorption, and to provide a theoretical basis for the clinical treatment of hydrocephalus after TH.

Methods

The clinical data of patients with hydrocephalus after TH whose EVD could not be removed after hematoma absorption were retrospectively analyzed. According to the patients' surgical methods, the patients were divided into the VPS group and ETV group. The operative time, length of hospital stay, complications, and reoperation rates of the two groups were compared.

Results

There was n

SUBMITTER: Lu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11438239 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature