Evaluation of the ETV success score to improve decision making on the management of hydrocephalus secondary to pediatric posterior fossa tumors: A feasibility study

• Main Authors: Leopoldo Mandic Furtado (Author), José Aloysio da Costa Val Filho (Author), Aieska Kellen Dantas dos Santos (Author), Jaime Xavier de Oliveira Neto (Author), Márcio Júnior Pena (Author), Cristiano Frattesi Bernardes (Author), Mariana Gonçalves Lima de Paula (Author), Anne Ribeiro Magalhães (Author), Alice Izabel Costa Silva (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Brazilian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Introduction: Hydrocephalus is frequently seen in children with posterior fossa tumors (PFT), and endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) prior to tumor resection can improve surgical conditions by treating the hydrocephalus. Moreover, a scoring system predicting the success of ETV could aid in decis...