This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 45.1 . Key Concepts Careful patient selection is essential in maximizing the chances of success and minimizing the complications inherent to endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV).…
Disclosure The senior author (M.B.) has received travel stipends from Codman and Shurtleff, Medtronic, Aesculap, and Sophysa. The author has served on Advisory Boards for Codman and Shurtleff and Medtronic. Clinically, the University of California, Los Angeles, Adult Hydrocephalus Center…
Key Concepts The Adult Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (AHCRN), an international registry and clinical trial network supported by the Hydrocephalus Association, adopted a pragmatic classification scheme with four categories based on distinct clinical features: transition, unrecognized congenital, acquired, and suspected…
Acknowledgments Appreciation is extended to Drs. J. Duncan, P. Eide, M. Wagshul, G. Silverberg, P. McAllister, and M. Pollay for helpful discussions on chapter material. Acknowledgement is due to N. Johanson and J. Johanson for text editing and figure construction.…
This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 41.1 . This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 41.1 . Key Concepts Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus…
This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 40.1 . Key Concepts Although older adults now have the highest and fastest rising incidence of traumatic brain injury (TBI), the vast majority of TBI…
This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the author: Video 39.1 . Key Concepts Life expectancy continues to rise exponentially. The concept of frailty, manifesting either phenotypically or in a deficit summation–based model, has merged…
This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 38.1 . Key Concepts An increasing number of neurosurgical procedures are being performed in elderly patients. The physiologic effects of aging as well as comorbid…
This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 37.1 . Key Concepts Intracranial pressure monitoring is recommended for conditions that may lead to an increase in intracranial pressure, such as traumatic brain injury…
This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 36.1 . Key Concepts The neurocritical care model has certainly evolved, but neurosurgeons continue to have a prominent and instrumental role in managing patients in…