http://blogs.gabrielslife.org/blog/2008/06/09/endoscopic-management-of-hydrocephalus-in-pediatric-patients-a-review-of-indications-techniques-and-outcomes/ Gabriel's Life Community Blog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:42:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 http://blogs.gabrielslife.org/blog/2008/06/09/endoscopic-management-of-hydrocephalus-in-pediatric-patients-a-review-of-indications-techniques-and-outcomes/#comment-688 Haylea Blank Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:03:36 +0000 http://blogs.gabrielslife.org/blog/2008/06/09/endoscopic-management-of-hydrocephalus-in-pediatric-patients-a-review-of-indications-techniques-and-outcomes/#comment-688 I was wondering what the success rate of the endoscopic third ventriculostomy was. What is the longest a patient has gone without a surgery or severe headache. When I had ETV in December 2002 in Charlotte, NC the procedure lasted for three years and a few weeks. Since that occurrence I have had four other surgeries, my last procedure was a fourth craniotomy on August 30, 2006, to drain a lot of the excess CSF because I also have Dandy Walker syndrome associated with the hydrocephalus. I was wondering what the success rate of the endoscopic third ventriculostomy was. What is the longest a patient has gone without a surgery or severe headache. When I had ETV in December 2002 in Charlotte, NC the procedure lasted for three years and a few weeks. Since that occurrence I have had four other surgeries, my last procedure was a fourth craniotomy on August 30, 2006, to drain a lot of the excess CSF because I also have Dandy Walker syndrome associated with the hydrocephalus.

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