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Ventriculoscopic Approach for Intraventricular Neurocysticercosis: A Single Neurosurgical Center's Experience

First author:Zhenye, Li Chuzhong, Li

Corresponding author:Xinsheng, Wang

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy Neurosurgery Neur

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2017-11-01

Published articles

Journal:World Neurosurg

Publication type: Original Article

IF(IF): 2.104

PMID: 28838876 Link To Pubmed Full text Download

Background And Purpose

Method

Patients with intraventricular NCC patients who underwent surgery via a ventriculoscopic approach between January 2008 and March 2014 at Beijing Tiantan Hospital were analyzed.

Conclusion

The ventriculoscopic approach to NCC resection is an effective technique with unique advantages for intraventricular NCC. Radical resection is necessary for intraventricular NCC. Combined application of rigid and flexible endoscopes can improve the total removal rate of intraventricular NCC.

Main results

A total of 21 patients with intraventricular NCC (15 men and 6 women; mean age, 38.0 ± 16.8 years; range, 9-65 years) were enrolled in the study. Ten of the patients underwent complete resection. The median progression-free survival (PFS) was 53.7 months (95% confidence interval, 31.7-75.6 months). On univariate analysis, PFS was better in the patients who underwent total NCC resection compared with those who underwent nontotal resection (P < 0.05).