Endoscopic third ventriculostomy success score in predicting short-term outcome in 68 children with hydrocephalus in a resource-limited tertiary centre in sub-Saharan Africa

Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery

Table 1 Endoscopic third ventriculostomy success score (ETVSS) [9]

Age	Score	Aetiology	Score	Prior shunt	Score
< 1 month	0	Post-infectious	0	Previous shunt	0
1 month to < 6 months	10	Post-infectious	0
6 month to < 1 year	30	Myelomeningocele, intraventricular haemorrhage, non-tectal tumour	20
6 month to < 1 year	30		20	No previous shunt	10
1 year to < 10 years	40	Aqueductal stenosis, tectal tumour, others	30
> 10 years	50	Aqueductal stenosis, tectal tumour, others	30