Authors' reply :Gallo Pasquale1, Szathmari Alexandru2, Simon Emile2, Ricci-Franchi Anne Claire2, Rousselle Christophe2, Hermier Marc2, C Carmine Mottolese2, , Neurololy India

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Year : 2012 | Volume : 60 | Issue : 4 | Page : 455--456

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Gallo Pasquale¹, Szathmari Alexandru², Simon Emile², Ricci-Franchi Anne Claire², Rousselle Christophe², Hermier Marc², C Carmine Mottolese²,
¹ Department of Neurological Surgery, University Hospital, Verona, Italy
² Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Hopital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France

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Gallo Pasquale
Department of Neurological Surgery, University Hospital, Verona
Italy

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Pasquale G, Alexandru S, Emile S, Claire RFA, Christophe R, Marc H, Mottolese C C. Authors' reply.Neurol India 2012;60:455-456

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Sir,

We really appreciate the interest in our article and the comments. [1],[2] Trapped fourth ventricle is mostly seen as a sequela in patients with ventricular shunt placed to treat a posthemorrhagic or postmeningitic hydrocephalus.[3],[4] The endoscopic aqueductoplasty and stent placement treats the isolation enlarged fourth ventricle and resolves the clinical symptomatology in the majority of cases.[5] This procedure also avoids the need for fourth ventricle shunt insertion and the associated complications.[6] However, it cannot restore the physiological reabsorption pattern which is lost in these patients. They need a working ventriculo-peritoneal (VP) supratentorial shunt to treat the hydrocephalus. Even though they usually have less shunt revisions compared with patients harboring a VP shunt and fourth ventricle shunt, they could have supratentorial shunt malfunction as well.

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