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DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.26.1.1
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Treatment of hydrocephalus: an historical and critical review of methods and results

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“…Scott (1906Scott ( -1979 in 1955. 53,66,75,81,87,89,97 Matson continued searching for more effective therapies for hydrocephalus. 83 He worked closely with Edgar A.…”
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“…Scott (1906Scott ( -1979 in 1955. 53,66,75,81,87,89,97 Matson continued searching for more effective therapies for hydrocephalus. 83 He worked closely with Edgar A.…”
Section: 6mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Several neurosurgeons started using the approach in the 1940s, 22,47,64 and various modifications of the original procedure were created. 22,26,30,40,44,47,53 For example, in their report of 1948, Fincher et al 22 reported on 19 patients, 11 of whom were alive after 7-36 months, with good clinical results. The surgical mortality rate was 37% (7/19 patients).…”
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“…32,33,53 J. E. Scarff 53 collected 136 reported outcomes for the procedure in 1963; the operative mortality rate was 30%, and the initial arrest of hydrocephalus occurred on average in 58% of cases during 2 years of follow-up. Several neurosurgeons started using the approach in the 1940s, 22,47,64 and various modifications of the original procedure were created.…”
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“…However, pressure on the skin caused decubitus ulcers, and the resulting increased intracranial pressure created decreased CSF circulation, and even seizures and skull fractures [8]. As neurosurgeon John E. Scarff determined in a review of treatment for hydrocephalus, 'as late as the beginning of the present century, the pathology of this condition was obscure, no rational methods of therapy had been developed, and ... no successful surgical treatment had ever been achieved' [9].…”
Section: Hydrocephalus In Ancient Historymentioning
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“…Published in the December, 1918, issue of Annals of Surgery, this article introduced the technique of choroid plexectomy for communicating hydrocephalus. 'Based on simple, fundamental, physiological and surgical principles', this procedure involved extirpation of the lateral ventricular choroid plexuses -the principal site of CSF formationand, as in Dandy's subsequent operations, 'avoided the use and permanent implant of any rubber, plastic, or metallic tubes or valves' [9]. Neurosurgeon John Scarff ( fig.…”
Section: Hydrocephalus In Ancient Historymentioning
confidence: 99%