OBJECTIVE: Forty percent of standard cerebrospinal fluid shunts implanted for the treatment
of pediatric hydrocephalus fail within the first year. Two new shunt valves designed to limit …

The morbidity associated with gross total removal of pediatric posterior fossa tumors is well
recognized although it is rarely isolated from other factors that comprise the management …

The long-term functional outcome of 101 children born with meningomyelocele between
1971 and 1981 was assessed, by a combination of retrospective chart review and follow-up …

A randomized controlled single‐blind trial was performed to compare lumbo‐sacral
selective posterior rhizotomy (SPR) followed by intensive physiotherapy, with intensive …

Object. Endoscopically assisted ventricular catheter placement has been reported to reduce
shunt failure in uncontrolled series. The authors investigated the efficacy of this procedure in …

✓ Management of severe spasticity in children is often a difficult problem. Orally administered
medications generally offer limited benefits. This study examines the value of intrathecally …

Object Approximately 10% of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt operations are associated
with infection and require removal or externalization of the shunt, in-hospital treatment with …

Object Approximately 30% of children with posterior fossa tumors exhibit hydrocephalus
after tumor resection. Recent literature has suggested that prophylactic endoscopic third …

OBJECT In a previous report by the same research group (Kestle et al., 2011), compliance
with an 11-step protocol was shown to reduce CSF shunt infection at Hydrocephalus Clinical …

OBJECTIVE Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) is now established as a viable treatment
option for a subgroup of children with hydrocephalus. Here, the authors report prospective, …