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 ResearchConceptsChoroid 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