2021
Preoperative risk and postoperative outcome from subdural fluid collections in African infants with postinfectious hydrocephalus.
Lane J, Ssentongo P, Peterson M, Harper J, Mbabazi-Kabachelor E, Mugamba J, Ssenyonga P, Onen J, Donnelly R, Levenbach J, Cherukuri V, Monga V, Kulkarni A, Warf B, Schiff S. Preoperative risk and postoperative outcome from subdural fluid collections in African infants with postinfectious hydrocephalus. Journal Of Neurosurgery Pediatrics 2021, 29: 31-39. PMID: 34598146, PMCID: PMC9078082, DOI: 10.3171/2021.7.peds21209.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
The Incidence of Postoperative Seizures Following Treatment of Postinfectious Hydrocephalus in Ugandan Infants: A Post Hoc Comparison of Endoscopic Treatment vs Shunt Placement in a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Punchak M, Mbabazi Kabachelor E, Ogwal M, Nalule E, Nalwoga J, Ssenyonga P, Mugamba J, Rattani A, Dewan M, Kulkarni A, Schiff S, Warf B. The Incidence of Postoperative Seizures Following Treatment of Postinfectious Hydrocephalus in Ugandan Infants: A Post Hoc Comparison of Endoscopic Treatment vs Shunt Placement in a Randomized Controlled Trial. Neurosurgery 2019, 85: e714-e721. PMID: 31086941, PMCID: PMC7534394, DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyz122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansHydrocephalusIncidenceInfantMaleNeuroendoscopyPostoperative ComplicationsSeizuresTreatment OutcomeUgandaVentriculoperitoneal ShuntVentriculostomyConceptsChoroid plexus cauterizationETV/CPCPostoperative seizure incidencePostinfectious hydrocephalusSeizure incidenceEndoscopic third ventriculostomyUgandan infantsShunt placementMantel-Haenszel hazard ratiosKaplan-Meier methodVentriculoperitoneal shunt placementPostoperative epilepsyPostoperative seizuresPreoperative symptomsEpilepsy incidenceFirst seizureHazard ratioControlled TrialsEndoscopic treatmentThird ventriculostomyTreatment modalitiesSeizure riskHead circumferenceRelative riskSeizure onset
1998
Randomized trial of cerebrospinal fluid shunt valve design in pediatric hydrocephalus.
Drake J, Kestle J, Milner R, Cinalli G, Boop F, Piatt J, Haines S, Schiff S, Cochrane D, Steinbok P, MacNeil N. Randomized trial of cerebrospinal fluid shunt valve design in pediatric hydrocephalus. Neurosurgery 1998, 43: 294-303; discussion 303-5. PMID: 9696082, DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199808000-00068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShunt obstructionDifferential pressure valvesShunt failurePediatric hydrocephalusCerebrospinal fluid shunt failuresCerebrospinal fluid shunt insertionTreatment failure rateShunt failure ratesOrbis-Sigma valvePediatric neurosurgical centersUpright positionCerebrospinal fluid shuntsIndependent case reviewShunt insertionCerebral ventricleDelta valvesHydrocephalic childrenFailure rateNeurosurgical centersOutcome eventsCase reviewPatientsObstructionShunt valveInfection
1994
Time-related patterns of ventricular shunt failure
Kast J, Duong D, Nowzari F, Chadduck W, Schiff S. Time-related patterns of ventricular shunt failure. Child's Nervous System 1994, 10: 524-528. PMID: 7882375, DOI: 10.1007/bf00335075.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShunt failureVentricular shunt failureVentriculoperitoneal shunt failureAge of patientsCatheter placement techniqueVentricular catheter placementNovel valve systemDistal failureDistal malfunctionProximal malfunctionConsecutive patientsProximal obstructionShunt placementCatheter placementPrimary etiologyShunt revisionShunt malfunctionSite of failureTime-related patternOverall seriesProximal failureCommon causeOutcome studiesHigh incidencePatients
1989
Delayed Cerebrospinal-Fluid Shunt Infection in Children
Schiff S, Oakes J. Delayed Cerebrospinal-Fluid Shunt Infection in Children. Pediatric Neurosurgery 1989, 15: 131-135. PMID: 2702349, DOI: 10.1159/000120458.Peer-Reviewed Original Research