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- Title
Initial experience with combined endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization for post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus of prematurity: the importance of prepontine cistern status and the predictive value of FIESTA MRI imaging.
- Authors
Warf, Benjamin C; Campbell, Jeffrey W; Riddle, Eric
- Abstract
Post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus of prematurity (PHHP) is among the most common causes of infant hydrocephalus in developed nations. This population has a high incidence of shunt failure, infection, and slit ventricle syndrome. Although effective for other etiologies of infant hydrocephalus, the efficacy of combined endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization (ETV/CPC) in PHHP has not been investigated. This pilot study reports the initial experience.
- Publication
Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2011, Vol 27, Issue 7, p1063
- ISSN
1433-0350
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00381-011-1475-0