ETV Success Score. Developed by: F. Vitulli. Based on the paper of Kulkarni (Jpeds 2009) Age: ...

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) has now become an accepted mode of hydrocephalus treatment in children. Varying degrees of success for the procedure have been reported depending on the type and etiology of hydrocephalus, age of …

The authors recently developed and internally validated the ETV Success Score (ETVSS)--a simplified means of predicting the 6-month success rate of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) for...

A high ETVSS predicts a high chance of early ETV success. In this paper, they assess the clinical utility of the ETVSS by determining whether long-term survival outcomes for ETV versus shunt insertion are different within strata of ETVSS (low, moderate, and high scores).

Aug 29, 2023 · To predict which patients would benefit from ETV, Kulkarni et al. developed the ETV success score (ETVSS) which takes into account the age of patients, etiology of hydrocephalus, and whether a previous shunt system exists, …

Feb 9, 2024 · T he Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy Success Score (ETVSS) was published in 2009 and provided a tool to predict the percentage chance of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) success using the preoperative demographic factors of age, etiology of hydrocephalus, and presence of a previous shunt.

The overwhelming majority of research on ETV is conducted in paediatric or mixed paediatric/adult populations.4 6 In 2009, Kulkarni et al created the ETV Success Score (ETVSS) to predict the outcome of ETV treatment in children.7 The ETVSS consists of three factors: age, aetiology and shunt history. Based on these factors, a score from 0 to 90 ...

The ETV Success Score (ETVSS) is an extremely useful tool for estimating the procedure’s chance of success. “Success” is defined as the patient not requiring further surgery within 6 months of shunt placement (Table 1).

A high ETVSS predicts a high chance of early ETV success. Across all ETVSS strata, the risk of ETV failure becomes progressively lower compared with the risk of shunt failure with increasing time from the surgery.

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) has become the first line of treatment in obstructive hydrocephalus. The Toronto group (Kulkarni et al.) developed the ETV Success Score (ETVSS) to predict the clinical response following ETV based on age, previous shunt, and cause of hydrocephalus in a pediatric population.