Endoscopic Treatment versus Shunting for Infant Hydrocephalus in Uganda

A randomized trial involving 100 Ugandan infants with postinfectious hydrocephalus compared endoscopic third ventriculostomy plus choroid plexus cauterization with conventional ventricular shunting and found no difference in cognitive outcomes at 1 year.

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 377; no. 25; pp. 2456 - 2464
Main Authors Kulkarni, Abhaya V, Schiff, Steven J, Mbabazi-Kabachelor, Edith, Mugamba, John, Ssenyonga, Peter, Donnelly, Ruth, Levenbach, Jody, Monga, Vishal, Peterson, Mallory, MacDonald, Michael, Cherukuri, Venkateswararao, Warf, Benjamin C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 21.12.2017
Subjects
Age
Cautery
Child Development
Child Language
Children & youth
Choroid plexus
Choroid Plexus - surgery
Cognition
Cognitive ability
Computed tomography
Endoscopy
Female
Humans
Hydrocephalus
Hydrocephalus - surgery
Infant
Infants
Infections
Male
Motor Skills
Neuropsychological Tests
Neurosurgery
Patients
Shunts
Surgery
Uganda
Ventricle
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
Ventriculostomy
Uganda
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Summary:A randomized trial involving 100 Ugandan infants with postinfectious hydrocephalus compared endoscopic third ventriculostomy plus choroid plexus cauterization with conventional ventricular shunting and found no difference in cognitive outcomes at 1 year.
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Drs. Kulkarni, Schiff, and Warf contributed equally to this article.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa1707568