A near-fatal complication of endoscopic third ventriculostomy: Case report

Michael H. Handler; Rick Abbott; Mark Lee

doi:10.1227/00006123-199409000-00025

A near-fatal complication of endoscopic third ventriculostomy: Case report

Michael H. Handler, Rick Abbott, Mark Lee

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Abstract

THE AUTHORS TREATED a 14-year-old girl with posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus and an infected ventriculopleural shunt. She was taken for endoscopic third ventriculostomy with the hope of removing the hardware entirely, but she developed an arrhythmia and hypertension, followed rapidly by complete cardiac arrest. She was resuscitated successfully, made a complete recovery, and subsequently underwent a conventional shunt replacement. This is a newly reported life-threatening complication of neuroendoscopy that must be anticipated by any surgeon undertaking such a procedure.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	525-528
Number of pages	4
Journal	Neurosurgery
Volume	35
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-199409000-00025
State	Published - Sep 1994
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Aqueductal stenosis
Cardiac arrest
Complication
Hydrocephalus
Neuroendoscopy
Shunt
Ventriculoscope

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Surgery
Clinical Neurology

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