Neuroendoscopic techniques in the treatment of arachnoid cysts in children and comparison with other operative methods.
OBJECTIVE
The authors intended to evaluate the application of neuroendoscopic techniques for the treatment of arachnoid cysts in children and compare it with other operative methods.


METHODS
The analysis covered the results of treatment of 44 children with arachnoid cysts who were subjected to neuroendoscopic procedures and 62 patients who underwent other operations.


RESULTS
The neuroendoscopic treatment of arachnoid cysts was very effective because of low rate of reoperative treatment (six out of 44 patients), no need to change the operative method (40 effective out of total 44 operative procedures), and low rate of persistent worsening (none of 44 patients worsened).


CONCLUSIONS
Summing up all the mentioned aspects of neuroendoscopic techniques, the neuroendoscopic techniques were the most suitable operative procedures in the treatment of arachnoid cysts in the presented group of patients, providing that the connection between the lumen of the arachnoid cyst and the cerebrospinal fluid cisterns was of good quality.
The Department of Neurosurgery, Research Institute of Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital (RIPMMH), Rzgowska 281/289, Łódź 93-338, Poland. enowos@poczta.onet.pl
Emilia
E
Nowosławska
Lech
L
Polis
Danuta
D
Kaniewska
Wanda
W
Mikołajczyk
Jacek
J
Krawczyk
Wojciech
W
Szymański
Krzysztof
K
Zakrzewski
Joanna
J
Podciechowska
Bartosz
B
Polis
D000293:Adolescent; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000601:surgery*; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D044583:Neuroendoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014696:Ventriculostomy