Category: Hydrocephalus

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 509-521, November 2011. Object Evidence from the CURE Children’s Hospital of Uganda (CCHU) suggests that treatment for hydrocephalus in infants can be effective and sustainable...

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 489-493, November 2011. Object The goal of this study was to externally validate the proposed Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy Success Score (ETVSS), which predicts successful treatment...

BACKGROUND: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt infection remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the treatment of hydrocephalus. Studies have demonstrated the efficacy of antibiotic-impregnated shunt (AIS) systems in reducing CSF shunt infections...

Journal of Neurosurgery, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page 1-7, Ahead of Print. Aristotelis S. Filippidis, M.D., Ph.D., M. Yashar S. Kalani, M.D., Ph.D., Peter Nakaji, M.D., and Harold L. Rekate, M.D. Object Negative-pressure and...

Abstract Benign external hydrocephalus in infants, characterized by macrocephaly and typical neuroimaging findings, is considered as a self-limiting condition and is therefore rarely treated. This review concerns all aspects of this condition: etiology, neuroimaging,...

Abstract: In a population-based retrospective cohort of 5,353,022 California births from 1991 to 2000, 3,152 newborns were diagnosed with congenital hydrocephalus during the birth hospitalization. We compared demographic and clinical characteristics of infants with...