Volume : X, Issue : II, February - 2020

ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY USING FREE HAND TECHNIQUE

Dr. Santhana Krishnan

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Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) has emerged as the procedure of choice for an extensive range of indications with high success rates. It is the preferred treatment for the management of obstructive hydrocephalus due to various causes. The Objectives of this study is to make out the advantages of the free hand technique of ETV. The study includes 40 patients with hydrocephalus who were ideal candidates for ETV and had undergone free hand ETV over a duration of 24 months from Jan 2017 till Dec 2019 with age range between 1–60 years with obstructive hydrocephalus including chronic post TB meningitis hydrocephalus and other indications. ETV with free hand technique vastly reduces the duration of anaesthesia and surgery, average blood loss, Hospital stay and hence cost, while being equally effective or even better with good success rates at times due to the fact that lillequiste’s memanes if present are opened 100% of the times.

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Article: Download PDF    DOI : 10.36106/ijar  

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ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY USING FREE HAND TECHNIQUE, Dr.SANTHANA KRISHNAN INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-2 | February-2020

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