Optimized Surgical Approach to Third Ventricular Choroid Plexus Papillomas of Young Children Based on Anatomical Variations

Young children have a small total blood volume and fragile cardiovascular status. Therefore, it is critical to preserve the venous system and to ligate the feeding artery before extirpation of the tumor. The surgical approach to the third ventricular CPPs should be tailored to individual children based on tumor size, location, and vascularity.