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ETV Success Score (ETVSS)‎

Predicts the probability of ETV success in paediatric hydrocephalus based on age, aetiology, and the presence of a prior shunt. The score runs from 0 to 90, it approximates the probability of ETV success at 6 months.

80
ETVSS
High success probability
Source: Kulkarni AV, et al. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in the treatment of childhood hydrocephalus. J Pediatr 2009;155(2):254–9.e1. PMID 19446842 · doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.02.048