Author:
Valdivia Doriam Alejandrino Perera,Vega Luis Roberto Zapata,Pérez Edgar Abraham Herrera
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 patients using intraventricular antibiotics.
Conclusion:
Endoscopic surgery and intraventricular antibiotic administration are useful strategies for treating multiloculated hydrocephalus and ventriculitis in children.
Subject
Neurology (clinical),Surgery
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