Neuroendoscopic Lavage and Third Ventriculostomy for the Treatment of Intraventricular Hemorrhage and Hydrocephalus in Neonates. A Prospective Study with 18 Months of Follow-Up.

Background:  Neonatal intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) may evolve into posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus and cause neurodevelopmental impairment, becoming a common complication of premature infants, occurring in up to 40% of preterm infants weighing less than 1,500 g at birth. Around 10 to 15% of preterm infants develop severe (grades III-IV) IVH. These infants are at high risk of developing posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus.

The Role of Flexible Neuroendoscopy in Spinal Neurocysticercosis: Technical Note and Report of 3 Cases.

Background: Neurocysticercosis, caused by the larval form of the tapeworm Taenia solium, is the most common parasitic disease affecting the human central nervous system. The incidence of spinal neurocysticercosis in endemic regions ranges from 0.25% to 5.

Endoscopic transventricular exploration with biopsy of the basal cisterns and the role of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in patients suffering with basal cistern meningitis and consecutive hydrocephalus.

Objectives: The purpose of this work is to elucidate the efficacy of endoscopic basal cisterns exploration, biopsy, and third ventriculostomy (ETV) in patients with basal cistern meningitis and arachnoiditis.

Materials And Methods: The cases and videos of all patients in whom flexible neuroendoscopy was performed during the period of January 2005-June 2012 at the University Hospital 'Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto' in San Luis Potosí, México.

Endoscopic scoring system for extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis.

Objective: To propose a scoring system using endoscopy for assessment of the inflammatory alterations caused by neurocysticercosis (NCC) inside the ventricular cavities and the basal subarachnoid space.

Methods: Video recordings of the endoscopic procedures in patients with hydrocephalus secondary to NCC were assessed in a two-phase study. In the first phase (n = 10), the assigned score of each patient was correlated with the cerebrospinal fluid values obtained by lumbar and ventricular puncture.

Transventricular neuroendoscopic exploration and biopsy of the basal cisterns in patients with Basal meningitis and hydrocephalus.

Background: Management of communicating hydrocephalus associated with infectious meningitis and arachnoiditis of the basal cisterns can be challenging if no microorganism or pathological diagnosis is established. The purpose of our series is to elucidate the efficacy of endoscopic basal cistern exploration, biopsy, and endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) in patients with basal cistern meningitis and hydrocephalus.

Methods: Between 2005 and 2010, all patients who underwent transventricular endoscopic exploration biopsy and biopsy of the basal cisterns were analyzed and prospectively followed up.

Endoscopic management of hydrocephalus due to neurocysticercosis.

Objective: Hydrocephalus due to neurocysticercosis usually shows poor prognosis and shunt failure is a common complication. Neuroendoscopy has been suggested as treatment, but the indications remain unclear.

Methods: A cohort of patients with clinical/radiological diagnosis of hydrocephalus due to NCC, treated between January 2002 and September 2006, were the subjects of the study.

Comparison of cerebrospinal fluid obtained by ventricular endoscopy and by lumbar puncture in patients with hydrocephalus secondary to neurocysticercosis.

Background: Compare the differences between proteins, glucose, and morphological cellular counts from ventricular cerebrospinal fluid obtained by neuroendoscopy and lumbar puncture.

Methods: This was a retrospective, transversal study. From January 2003 until June 2006, 30 neuroendoscopies were performed on patients with hydrocephalus secondary to NCC.