Case Report

A Successful Treatment of Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy with Choroid Plexus Cauterization for Hydrocephalus in Walker-Warburg Syndrome

Table 1

Kulkarni’s ETV success core [11].

Calculation of the
ScoreAgeEtiologyPrevious Shunt

0<1 moPostinfectiousPrevious shunt
101 mo to <6 mosNo previous shunt
20Myelomeningocele, IVH, nontectal brain tumor
306 mos to <1 yrAqueductal stenosis, tectal tumor, other
401 yr to <10 yrs
5010 yrs

ETVSS is calculated as age score + etiology score + previous shunt score. IVH = intraventricular hemorrhage.