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Patients with post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus (PHH) are mostly affected. We tried to find out predisposing factors and describe clinical findings to early diagnose TFV and manage it.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We reviewed our database from 1991 to 2018 and included all patients with TFV who required surgery. We analyzed prematurity, cause of hydrocephalus, type of valve implanted, revision surgeries, modality of treatment of TFV, and their clinical examination and MRI imaging.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We found 21 patients. Most of patients suffered from PHH (16\/21), tumor (2\/21), post-meningitis hydrocephalus (2\/21), and congenital hydrocephalus (1\/21). Seventeen patients were preterm. Seven patients suffered from a chronic overdrainage with slit ventricles in MRI. Thirteen patients showed symptoms denoting brain stem dysfunction; in 3 patients, TFV was asymptomatic and in 5 patients, we did not have available information regarding presenting symptoms due to missing documentation. An extra fourth ventricular catheter was the treatment of choice in 18\/21 patients. One patient was treated by cranio-cervical decompression. Endoscopic aqueductoplasty with stenting was done in last 2 cases.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Diagnosis of clinically symptomatic TFV and its treatment is a challenge in our practice of pediatric neurosurgery. PHH and prematurity are risk factors for the development of such complication. Both fourth ventricular shunting and endoscopic aqueductoplasty with stenting are effective in managing TFV. Microsurgical fourth ventriculostomy is not recommended due to its high failure rate. 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