TY - JOUR
T1 - Endoscopic Laser Third Ventriculostomy
AU - Wood, Francis A.
AU - Cohen, Alan R.
PY - 1993/7/15
Y1 - 1993/7/15
N2 - To the Editor: Dr. Cohen (Feb. 25 issue)1 briefly describes endoscopic laser third ventriculostomy for the relief of hydrocephalus due to stenosis of the aqueduct of Sylvius. I wonder whether this is the safest way to treat the condition. Ventriculocisternostomy, which was devised in 1938 by Torkildsen,2 bypasses the aqueduct by shunting fluid from the lateral ventricle to the cisterna magna. Although the implantation of a permanent catheter is required, no valve is needed, and both ends of the shunt are within the nervous system. Thus, the shunt is not subject to the complications of shunts to the right cardiac…
AB - To the Editor: Dr. Cohen (Feb. 25 issue)1 briefly describes endoscopic laser third ventriculostomy for the relief of hydrocephalus due to stenosis of the aqueduct of Sylvius. I wonder whether this is the safest way to treat the condition. Ventriculocisternostomy, which was devised in 1938 by Torkildsen,2 bypasses the aqueduct by shunting fluid from the lateral ventricle to the cisterna magna. Although the implantation of a permanent catheter is required, no valve is needed, and both ends of the shunt are within the nervous system. Thus, the shunt is not subject to the complications of shunts to the right cardiac…
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199307153290314
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199307153290314
M3 - Letter
C2 - 8515796
AN - SCOPUS:0027313970
VL - 329
SP - 207
EP - 208
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
SN - 0028-4793
IS - 3
ER -