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Surgery for hydrocephalus in sub-Saharan Africa versus developed nations: a risk-adjusted comparison of outcome |
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| Authors: | Abhaya V. Kulkarni Benjamin C. Warf James M. Drake Conor L. Mallucci Spyros Sgouros Shlomi Constantini |
| Affiliation: | (1) Division of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Room 1503, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8;(2) Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA;(3) CURE Children’s Hospital of Uganda, Mbale, Uganda;(4) Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, UK;(5) Department of Neurosurgery, “Attikon” University Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece;(6) Dana Children’s Hospital, Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Abstract: | PurposeSurgery for children in developing nations is challenging. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) is an important surgical treatment for childhood hydrocephalus and has been performed in developing nations, but with lower success rates than in developed nations. It is not known if the lower success rate is due to inherent differences in prognostic factors. |
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