Intraventricular endoscopy and intraventricular antibiotics in the treatment of multiloculated hydrocephalus with ventriculitis in a neonate and an infant: Two case reports
Doriam Alejandrino Perera Valdivia,
Luis Roberto Zapata Vega,
Edgar Abraham Herrera Pérez
Abstract:Background:
We present two pediatric cases, a neonate and an infant, who presented with treatment-refractory ventriculitis and multiloculated hydrocephalus treated with simultaneous intraventricular endoscopy and antibiotics. This is the first report of this combined therapy in children.
Case Description:
Using intraventricular endoscopic surgery and antibiotics, hydrocephalus was treated with a minimum number of ventricular shunt systems. In addition, treatment-refractory ventriculitis was treated in both… Show more
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