Endoscopic Treatment versus Shunting for Infant Hydrocephalus in Uganda

V. Kulkarni, Abhaya; J. Schiff, Steven; Mbabazi-Kabachelor, Edith; Mugamba, John; Ssenyonga, Peter; Donnelly, Ruth; Levenbach, Jody; Monga, Vishal; Peterson, Mallory; G MacDonald, M; Cherukuri, Venkateswararao; C. Warf, Benjamin

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1707568

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Endoscopic Treatment versus Shunting for Infant Hydrocephalus in Uganda

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Dec 20, 2017

Authors:

Abhaya V. Kulkarni

Steven J. Schiff

Edith Mbabazi-Kabachelor

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Postinfectious hydrocephalus in infants is a major health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. The conventional treatment is ventriculoperitoneal shunting, but surgeons are usually not immediately available to revise shunts when they fail. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy with choroid plexus c...

Subject

Shunting

Hydrocephalus

Medicine

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