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The procedure was used as primary treatment in five previously unshunted patients and in 11 patients who had previously received shunts and who presented when their shunts became obstructed (five patients), became infected (five patients), or required multiple revisions (one patient). At the time of third ventriculostomy, shunt hardware was removed in patients with infected shunts and the distal element of the shunt was ligated in all patients with obstructed shunts except one, who later required repeat third ventriculostomy; the distal shunt was ligated at that time. Follow-up data (range 1 to 5 years, mean 3\u00bd years, after surgery) showed that only one of the 16 patients had undergone a shunting procedure after the third ventriculostomy. The other 15 patients are asymptomatic and shunt-independent. In previously shunt-dependent patients, the peripheral subarachnoid space and cerebrospinal fluid absorption mechanism remained patent in spite of shunts placed earlier. Therefore, in patients with obstructive hydrocephalus due to aqueductal stenosis of adolescent or adult onset, stereotactic third ventriculostomy should be seriously considered as primary surgical management in previously unshunted patients and in shunt-dependent patients with obstructed or infected shunts.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3171\/jns.1991.75.6.0865","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,5,19]],"date-time":"2009-05-19T16:25:34Z","timestamp":1242750334000},"page":"865-873","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":124,"title":["Stereotactic third ventriculostomy in patients with nontumoral adolescent\/adult onset aqueductal stenosis and symptomatic hydrocephalus"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"75","author":[{"given":"Patrick J.","family":"Kelly","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"key":"b1","series-title":"J Neurosurg","first-page":"800","article-title":"Stereotaxic reconstruction of the aqueduct of sylvius.","volume":"55","author":"Backlund","year":"1981"},{"key":"b2","series-title":"Brain","first-page":"246","article-title":"Hereditary stenosis of the aqueduct of sylvius as a cause of congenital hydrocephalus.","volume":"72","author":"Bickers","year":"1949"},{"key":"b3","series-title":"Am Surg","first-page":"50","article-title":"Abdominal complications of ventriculoperitoneal shunts. 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