Reducing the pressure in the brain through endoscopy or implanting a shunt to reduce fluid production are equally effective in treating infants with hydrocephalus caused by brain infections. But endoscopy may have fewer complications, finds a new study.
"This clinical trial asked if we could do a version of shuntless surgery, without the need to implant a plastic tube," said Steven Schiff, Brush Chair Professor of Engineering in the Departments of Neurosurgery, Engineering Science and Mechanics and Physics, Penn State....
Reducing the pressure in the brain through endoscopy or implanting a shunt to reduce fluid production are equally effective in treating infants with hydrocephalus caused by brain infections. But endoscopy may have fewer complications, finds a new study.
"This clinical trial asked if we could do a version of shuntless surgery, without the need to implant a plastic tube," said Steven Schiff, Brush Chair Professor of Engineering in the Departments of Neurosurgery, Engineering Science and Mechanics and Physics, Penn State....