Reflections on developing pediatric neurosurgery in Sub-Saharan Africa

Hydrocephalus in children

(2016) Kristopher T Kahle et al.   LANCET

Measuring and Comparing the Cost-Effectiveness of Surgical Care Delivery in Low-Resource Settings

(2015) Berit Hackenberg et al.   JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY

Ventriculoperitoneal shunt perforations of the gastrointestinal tract

(2015) Grace Muthoni Thiong’o et al.   Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics

Neurosurgery Education and Development program to treat hydrocephalus and to develop neurosurgery in Africa using mobile neuroendoscopic training

(2015) José Piquer et al.   Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics

Bacteria causing ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections in a Kenyan population

(2015) Naomi Ochieng' et al.   Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics

Early outcome of combined endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization in childhood hydrocephalus

(2015) Olufemi B. Bankole et al.   Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics

Health Care for Americans with Disabilities — 25 Years after the ADA

(2015) Georgina Peacock et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Global Surgery 2030: Evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development

(2015) John G. Meara et al.   SURGERY

“Who Is My Neighbor?” Global Neurosurgery in a Non-Zero-Sum World

(2015) Benjamin C. Warf   World Neurosurgery

A Framework for the Monitoring and Evaluation of International Surgical Initiatives in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

(2015) George M. Ibrahim et al.   PLoS One

Choroid plexus coagulation in infants with extreme hydrocephalus or hydranencephaly

(2014) Sylvia Shitsama et al.   Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics

Estimates of possible severe bacterial infection in neonates in sub-Saharan Africa, south Asia, and Latin America for 2012: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2014) Anna C Seale et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

2012 Update on global prevention of folic acid-preventable spina bifida and anencephaly

(2013) Monica E. Youngblood et al.   BIRTH DEFECTS RESEARCH PART A-CLINICAL AND MOLECULAR TERATOLOGY

Congenital idiopathic hydrocephalus of infancy: the results of treatment by endoscopic third ventriculostomy with or without choroid plexus cauterization and suggestions for how it works

(2013) Benjamin C. Warf   CHILDS NERVOUS SYSTEM

Presentation, pathology, and treatment outcome of brain tumors in 172 consecutive children at CURE Children’s Hospital of Uganda. The predominance of the visible diagnosis and the uncertainties of epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa

(2013) Vita Stagno et al.   CHILDS NERVOUS SYSTEM

Distal cordectomies as treatment for lumbosacral myelomeningoceles

(2013) A. Leland Albright et al.   Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics

Cerebrospinal fluid white blood cell counts in infants with myelomeningoceles

(2013) A. Leland Albright et al.   Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics

The economic costs of malaria in children in three sub-Saharan countries: Ghana, Tanzania and Kenya

(2013) Elisa Sicuri et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

The Microbial Spectrum of Neonatal Sepsis in Uganda: Recovery of Culturable Bacteria in Mother-Infant Pairs

(2013) Julius Kiwanuka et al.   PLoS One

Ethical Challenges in International Surgical Education, for Visitors and Hosts

(2013) Kathryn L. Howe et al.   World Neurosurgery

Rainfall drives hydrocephalus in East Africa

(2012) Steven J. Schiff et al.   Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics

Long-term outcome for endoscopic third ventriculostomy alone or in combination with choroid plexus cauterization for congenital aqueductal stenosis in African infants

(2012) Benjamin C. Warf et al.   Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics

Factors affecting survival of infants with myelomeningocele in southeastern Uganda

(2011) Benjamin C. Warf et al.   Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics

Management of Dandy-Walker complex–associated infant hydrocephalus by combined endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization

(2011) Benjamin C. Warf et al.   Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics

Costs and benefits of neurosurgical intervention for infant hydrocephalus in sub-Saharan Africa

(2011) Benjamin C. Warf et al.   Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics

Five-year survival and outcome of treatment for postinfectious hydrocephalus in Ugandan infants

(2011) Benjamin C. Warf et al.   Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics

Outcomes of ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion in Sub-Saharan Africa

(2010) Esther Gathura et al.   Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics

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

(2010) Benjamin C. Warf et al.   Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics

Association of bacteria with hydrocephalus in Ugandan infants

(2010) Lingling Li et al.   Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics

The African Experience: A Proposal to Address the Lack of Access to Neurosurgery in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa

(2010) Bert Edward Park   World Neurosurgery

Pediatric Hydrocephalus in East Africa: Prevalence, Causes, Treatments, and Strategies for the Future

(2010) Benjamin C. Warf   World Neurosurgery

Surgery and Global Health: A View from Beyond the OR

(2008) Paul E. Farmer et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY