title: Intraoperative direct neuroendoscopic observation of the aqueduct in Dandy-Walker malformation.
abstract: A 3-month-old female infant with Dandy-Walker malformation manifesting as hydrocephalus was treated successfully by only ventriculoperitoneal shunting. A flexible neuroendoscope was used intraoperatively to confirm the patency of the aqueduct, i.e. communication of the ventricular system and the cyst in the posterior fossa. Direct confirmation of the patency of the aqueduct and cyst communication is valuable to select the shunt procedure in the treatment of Dandy-Walker malformation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jokura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kusaka
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shirane
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshimoto
mesh_terms: D002535:Cerebral Aqueduct / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003616:Dandy-Walker Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000379:methods*