title: Endoscopic aqueductal plasty via the fourth ventricle through the cerebellar hemisphere under navigating system guidance--technical note.
abstract: A 1-year 8-month-old boy presented with isolated fourth ventricle after ventriculoperitoneal shunting for hydrocephalus associated with ventricular and subarachnoid hemorrhage. The therapeutic endoscope was inserted through the thin left cerebellar hemisphere. Endoscopic aqueductal plasty was performed via the enlarged fourth ventricle under guidance from a navigating system. Endoscopic aqueductal plasty via the fourth ventricle under navigating system guidance is a useful procedure enabling less invasive surgery for isolated fourth ventricle associated with slit-like ventricle after shunt placement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurimoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirashima
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takaku
mesh_terms: D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002535:Cerebral Aqueduct / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004724:Endoscopy; D020546:Fourth Ventricle / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012086:Reoperation; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt