Encephalocele in Uganda: Ethnic distinctions in lesion location, endoscopic management of hydrocephalus, and survival in 110 consecutive children: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-93

  Warf, Benjamin C ^a   Stagno, Vita ^b   Mugamba, John ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Africa; Bantu; Choroid plexus cauterization; Encephalocele; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Ethnicity; Hydrocephalus; Nilote; Outcome; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CAUTERIZATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOCELE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; CAUTERY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOROID PLEXUS; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 79251580661     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.9.PEDS10326     Document Type: Article

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