Neurocognitive outcome and ventricular volume in children with myelomeningocele treated for hydrocephalus in Uganda

C. Warf, Benjamin; Ondoma, Solomon; V. Kulkarni, Abhaya; Donnelly, Ruth; Ampeire, Miriam; Akona, Joan; R. Kabachelor, Collin; Mulondo, Ronald; Nsubuga Kaaya, Brian

doi:10.3171/2009.7.peds09136

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Neurocognitive outcome and ventricular volume in children with myelomeningocele treated for hydrocephalus in Uganda

Published in Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics • Dec 1, 2009

Authors:

Benjamin C. Warf

Solomon Ondoma

Abhaya V. Kulkarni

Abstract

OBJECT: Despite lower failure and infection rates compared with shunt placement, it has not been known whether endoscopic third ventriculostomy/choroid plexus cauterization (ETV/CPC) might be inferior in regard to neurocognitive development. This study is the first to describe neurocognitive outcome...

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Medicine

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy

Bayley Scales of Infant Development

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