Abstract Objective: Is to define the role of neuroendoscopy in the management of cases with multiloculated
hydrocephalus.
Methods: This study was carried out on 14 patients suffering from septated, multiloculated
hydrocephalus. The patients’ ages were between 6 and 20 months. All patients passed through
the well-known popular scenario of shunts and their problems of infection, obstruction, revision,
hemorrhage and/or shunt removal. The aim of endoscopic interventions was to connect as many
cysts to the cyst harboring the fenestrated end of the shunt keeping in mind to try as much as possible
to drain the larger cysts especially if causing midline shift.
Results: Two weeks post-operatively a CT scan follow up was done in all patients. We needed to
re-do the procedure in 11 patients due to the presence of residual compartments not opened and not
drained by the existing shunts. Of those 11 patients with two endoscopic trials, only 3 patients
needed adding new shunt application as the endoscopic trials failed to unify all compartments.
Conclusion: The treatment of loculated hydrocephalus remains a difficult problem in the practice
of neurosurgery, yet neuroendoscopy has yielded encouraging results and may be able to dramatically
change the prognosis of this troublesome condition in the near future. So neuroendoscopic
surgery can be considered a valid alternative to traditional multiple shunt placement surgery and
craniotomy in the management of multiloculated hydrocephalus.