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Data on the cognitive profile of patients with LOVA and cognitive outcomes of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) are, however, scarce and mostly qualitative.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Twenty-three consecutive patients with LOVA hydrocephalus underwent ETV surgery, and their cognitive status was assessed before surgery, immediately after surgery, and at the 5-month follow-up. Cognitive function was assessed using a neuropsychological battery measuring 6 cognitive domains: general cognitive status, attention\/executive function, language, visuospatial skills, short-term memory, and long-term memory. Cognitive reserve was also estimated through a measure of premorbid IQ to assess its potential influence together with other clinical and demographic variables.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Patients with LOVA did not experience general cognitive decline but rather selective long-term memory (p &lt; 0.001) and visuospatial skills (p = 0.001) deficits alone. Moreover, ETV surgery led to significant immediate postoperative improvement in both domains (p = 0.002 and p &lt; 0.001 respectively), that persisted at follow-up (p &lt; 0.001 for both). However, improvement was observed only in patients with higher premorbid IQ (p &lt; 0.001), while the others did not improve (p &gt; 0.532).<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>These findings confirm the effectiveness of ETV surgery and highlight the role of cognitive reserve in promoting plasticity of brain and cognitive functions thus fostering and predicting cognitive recovery.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2024.6.jns232969","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,12]],"date-time":"2024-10-12T01:29:30Z","timestamp":1728696570000},"page":"1-9","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Cognitive improvement after endoscopic third ventriculostomy surgery in long-standing overt ventriculomegaly in adults"],"prefix":"10.3171","author":[{"given":"Fabio","family":"Campanella","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Head-Neck and NeuroScience, Unit of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Udine;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Daniele","family":"Piccolo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Head-Neck and NeuroScience, Unit of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Udine;"},{"name":"Department of Clinical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Giulia","family":"Sebastianutto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Head-Neck and NeuroScience, Unit of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Udine;"},{"name":"General Psychology, University of Padua; and"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sara","family":"Fabbro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Head-Neck and NeuroScience, Unit of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Udine;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Francesca","family":"Marotta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Head-Neck and NeuroScience, Unit of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Udine;"},{"name":"Departments of Neuroscience and"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Miran","family":"Skrap","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Head-Neck and NeuroScience, Unit of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Udine;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marco","family":"Vindigni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Head-Neck and NeuroScience, Unit of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Udine;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Francesco","family":"Tuniz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Head-Neck and NeuroScience, Unit of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Udine;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"issue":"6","key":"b1","series-title":"J Neurosurg","first-page":"933","article-title":"Pathophysiology of long-standing overt ventriculomegaly in adults","volume":"92","author":"Oi S","year":"2000","unstructured":"Oi S, Shimoda M, Shibata M,  Pathophysiology of long-standing overt ventriculomegaly in adults. 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