The risk of operative revision and/or complications is significantly lower in the endoscopic ventriculocisternostomy group compared to the ventriculoperitoneal shunt group. Given the appropriate indication, endoscopic ventriculocisternostomy is thus the treatment of choice 1).

see temporal ventriculocisternostomy.

1)
Gliemroth J, Käsbeck E, Kehler U. Ventriculocisternostomy versus ventriculoperitoneal shunt in the treatment of hydrocephalus: A retrospective, long-term observational study. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2014 Jul;122:92-6. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2014.03.022. Epub 2014 Mar 26. PubMed PMID: 24908225.