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
2017
Endoscopic Treatment versus Shunting for Infant Hydrocephalus in Uganda
Kulkarni A, Schiff S, Mbabazi-Kabachelor E, Mugamba J, Ssenyonga P, Donnelly R, Levenbach J, Monga V, Peterson M, MacDonald M, Cherukuri V, Warf B. Endoscopic Treatment versus Shunting for Infant Hydrocephalus in Uganda. New England Journal Of Medicine 2017, 377: 2456-2464. PMID: 29262276, PMCID: PMC5784827, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1707568.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsETV-CPCPostinfectious hydrocephalusUgandan infantsTreatment failureCognitive outcomesBrain volumeSingle-center studyEndoscopic third ventriculostomyChoroid plexus cauterizationMajor health problemSignificant differencesLanguage scoresSecondary outcomesEndoscopic treatmentPrimary outcomeVentricular sizeThird ventriculostomyInfant hydrocephalusComputed tomographyTreatment groupsAlternative treatmentLate failureBayley ScalesBrain growthConventional treatment