Letter to the Editor. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy with choroid plexus cauterization
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Endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization for pediatric hydrocephalus.
In March of 2000, my family and I moved to Mbale, Uganda, to help Children’s United Rehabilitation Effort International (CURE) International develop a neurosurgical hospital for children. It became immediately apparent that hydrocephalus was an enormous problem in this part of the world. Based on the numbers of infants younger than 1 year of age presenting to our hospital with hydrocephalus fro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1933-0707,1933-0715
DOI: 10.3171/2016.12.peds16698