Communicating hydrocephalus may occur following stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for vestibular schwannomas (VSs), yet identifying individual patient risk factors associated with this post-SRS complication remains a challenge. This study examined predictors of nonobstructive ventricular enlargement and symptomatic communicating hydrocephalus following primary SRS treatment for VS via a single-center institutional...
Surgeons and neurotologists managing vestibular schwannoma patients post-radiosurgery should be aware of the identified risk factors for ventriculomegaly and communicating hydrocephalus to guide follow-up imaging schedules, though specific risk factors and their magnitude require review of the full paper before changing surveillance protocols.
Communicating hydrocephalus is a serious but underappreciated late complication of radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma, and characterising its risk factors could meaningfully improve post-treatment monitoring and patient counselling.
- 01J Neurosurg study identifies patient-level risk factors for hydrocephalus after vestibular schwannoma radiosurgery.