2011
Five-year survival and outcome of treatment for postinfectious hydrocephalus in Ugandan infants.
Warf B, Dagi A, Kaaya B, Schiff S. Five-year survival and outcome of treatment for postinfectious hydrocephalus in Ugandan infants. Journal Of Neurosurgery Pediatrics 2011, 8: 502-8. PMID: 22044377, DOI: 10.3171/2011.8.peds11221.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostinfectious hydrocephalusFive-year survivalShunt placementPrimary brain injuryWorse functional outcomeKaplan-Meier methodLong-term outcomesLog-rank testOutcome of treatmentEndoscopic third ventriculostomyTreatment selection biasPublic health measuresOne-thirdUgandan infantsWorst sequelaeOperative mortalityNeonatal infectionFunctional outcomeThird ventriculostomyBrain injuryPrimary treatmentCommon causeInfant hydrocephalusSurvival advantageOriginal infection
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