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References from Five-Year Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy With Choroid Plexus Cauterization Versus Ventriculoperitoneal Shunting in Postinfectious Hydrocephalus in a Low-Income Setting. Local targets link to admitted publications; unresolved targets remain external evidence.
Global neurosurgery: the current capacity and deficit in the provision of essential neurosurgical care
10.3171/2017.11.jns171500 · 2018 · External reference
Global hydrocephalus epidemiology and incidence: systematic review and meta-analysis
10.3171/2017.10.jns17439 · 2019 · External reference
Pediatric hydrocephalus in East Africa: prevalence, causes, treatments, and strategies for the future
10.1016/j.wneu.2010.02.009 · 2010 · External reference
Hydrocephalus in Uganda: the predominance of infectious origin and primary management with endoscopic third ventriculostomy
10.3171/ped.2005.102.1.0001 · 2005 · External reference
Effectiveness of the Bactiseal Universal Shunt for reducing shunt infection in a sub-Saharan African context: a retrospective cohort study in 160 Ugandan children
10.3171/2013.11.peds13394 · 2014 · External reference
Comparison of 1-year outcomes for the Chhabra and Codman-Hakim Micro Precision shunt systems in Uganda: a prospective study in 195 children
10.3171/ped.2005.102.4.0358 · 2005 · External reference
Comparison of endoscopic third ventriculostomy alone and combined with choroid plexus cauterization in infants younger than 1 year of age: a prospective study in 550 African children
10.3171/ped.2005.103.6.0475 · 2005 · External reference
Combined endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization as primary treatment of hydrocephalus for infants with myelomeningocele: long-term results of a prospective intent-to-treat study in 115 East African infants
10.3171/ped.2008.2.11.310 · 2008 · External reference
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
10.1007/s00381-013-2072-1 · 2013 · External reference
Five-year survival and outcome of treatment for postinfectious hydrocephalus in Ugandan infants
10.3171/2011.8.peds11221 · 2011 · External reference
Long-term outcome for endoscopic third ventriculostomy alone or in combination with choroid plexus cauterization for congenital aqueductal stenosis in African infants
10.3171/2012.4.peds1253 · 2012 · External reference
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in the treatment of childhood hydrocephalus in Uganda: report of a scoring system that predicts success
10.3171/2009.9.peds09196 · 2010 · External reference
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy vs cerebrospinal fluid shunt in the treatment of hydrocephalus in children: a propensity score-adjusted analysis
10.1227/01.neu.0000373199.79462.21 · 2010 · External reference
Costs and benefits of neurosurgical intervention for infant hydrocephalus in Sub-Saharan Africa
10.3171/2011.8.peds11163 · 2011 · External reference
Endoscopic treatment versus shunting for infant hydrocephalus in Uganda
10.1056/nejmoa1707568 · 2017 · External reference
Brain growth after surgical treatment for infant postinfectious hydrocephalus in Sub-Saharan Africa: 2-year results of a randomized trial
10.3171/2021.2.peds20949 · 2021 · External reference
Five-year outcomes after surgical treatment of infant postinfectious hydrocephalus in Sub-Saharan Africa: results of a randomized trial
10.3171/2025.1.peds24417 · 2025 · External reference
Global surgery for pediatric hydrocephalus in the developing world: a review of the history, challenges, and future directions
10.3171/2016.7.focus16273 · 2016 · External reference
Initial experience with combined endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization for post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus of prematurity: the importance of prepontine cistern status and the predictive value of FIESTA MRI imaging
10.1007/s00381-011-1475-0 · 2011 · External reference
Intraoperative assessment of cerebral aqueduct patency and cisternal scarring: impact on success of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in 403 African children
10.3171/2009.9.peds09304 · 2010 · External reference
Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
10.1016/s0140-6736(14)61682-2 · 2015 · External reference
Cost-Effectiveness in global surgery: pearls, pitfalls, and a checklist
10.1007/s00268-017-3875-0 · 2017 · External reference
Common values in assessing health outcomes from disease and injury: disability weights measurement study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
10.1016/s0140-6736(12)61680-8 · 2012 · External reference
Cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in Latin America and the Caribbean: a regional analysis
10.1590/s1020-49892008001100002 · 2008 · External reference
Cutting costs, saving lives: a surgeon’s guide to the foundations of cost-effectiveness analysis
10.1016/j.jss.2025.12.044 · 2026 · External reference
An economic argument in favour of endoscopic third ventriculostomy as a treatment for obstructive hydrocephalus
10.1055/s-2008-1053412 · 1997 · External reference
A cost-effectiveness analysis of endoscopic third ventriculostomy
10.1097/00006123-200207000-00012 · 2002 · External reference
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy has no higher costs than ventriculoperitoneal shunt
10.1590/0004-282x20140070 · 2014 · External reference
Shunt survival after failed endoscopic treatment of hydrocephalus
10.3171/2012.9.peds1236 · 2012 · External reference
Evidence that prior endoscopic third ventriculostomy with choroid plexus cauterization protects against subsequent shunt failure among infants treated for hydrocephalus
External reference
Effect of endoscopic third ventriculostomy on subsequent shunt failure: a Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network study
10.3171/2025.7.peds25119 · 2025 · External reference
Poor surgical outcomes following Paenibacillus infant infectious hydrocephalus
10.3171/2025.1.peds24254 · 2025 · External reference
Cost-Effectiveness in global surgery: pearls, pitfalls, and a checklist
10.1007/s00268-017-3875-0 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Initial experience with combined endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization for post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus of prematurity: the importance of prepontine cistern status and the predictive value of FIESTA MRI imaging
10.1007/s00381-011-1475-0 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
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
10.1007/s00381-013-2072-1 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Cutting costs, saving lives: a surgeon’s guide to the foundations of cost-effectiveness analysis
10.1016/j.jss.2025.12.044 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Pediatric hydrocephalus in East Africa: prevalence, causes, treatments, and strategies for the future
10.1016/j.wneu.2010.02.009 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Common values in assessing health outcomes from disease and injury: disability weights measurement study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
10.1016/s0140-6736(12)61680-8 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
10.1016/s0140-6736(14)61682-2 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
An economic argument in favour of endoscopic third ventriculostomy as a treatment for obstructive hydrocephalus
10.1055/s-2008-1053412 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Endoscopic treatment versus shunting for infant hydrocephalus in Uganda
10.1056/nejmoa1707568 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
A cost-effectiveness analysis of endoscopic third ventriculostomy
10.1097/00006123-200207000-00012 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy vs cerebrospinal fluid shunt in the treatment of hydrocephalus in children: a propensity score-adjusted analysis
10.1227/01.neu.0000373199.79462.21 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy has no higher costs than ventriculoperitoneal shunt
10.1590/0004-282x20140070 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in Latin America and the Caribbean: a regional analysis
10.1590/s1020-49892008001100002 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in the treatment of childhood hydrocephalus in Uganda: report of a scoring system that predicts success
10.3171/2009.9.peds09196 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Intraoperative assessment of cerebral aqueduct patency and cisternal scarring: impact on success of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in 403 African children
10.3171/2009.9.peds09304 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Costs and benefits of neurosurgical intervention for infant hydrocephalus in Sub-Saharan Africa
10.3171/2011.8.peds11163 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Five-year survival and outcome of treatment for postinfectious hydrocephalus in Ugandan infants
10.3171/2011.8.peds11221 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Long-term outcome for endoscopic third ventriculostomy alone or in combination with choroid plexus cauterization for congenital aqueductal stenosis in African infants
10.3171/2012.4.peds1253 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Shunt survival after failed endoscopic treatment of hydrocephalus
10.3171/2012.9.peds1236 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Effectiveness of the Bactiseal Universal Shunt for reducing shunt infection in a sub-Saharan African context: a retrospective cohort study in 160 Ugandan children
10.3171/2013.11.peds13394 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Global surgery for pediatric hydrocephalus in the developing world: a review of the history, challenges, and future directions
10.3171/2016.7.focus16273 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Global hydrocephalus epidemiology and incidence: systematic review and meta-analysis
10.3171/2017.10.jns17439 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Global neurosurgery: the current capacity and deficit in the provision of essential neurosurgical care
10.3171/2017.11.jns171500 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Brain growth after surgical treatment for infant postinfectious hydrocephalus in Sub-Saharan Africa: 2-year results of a randomized trial
10.3171/2021.2.peds20949 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Poor surgical outcomes following Paenibacillus infant infectious hydrocephalus
10.3171/2025.1.peds24254 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Five-year outcomes after surgical treatment of infant postinfectious hydrocephalus in Sub-Saharan Africa: results of a randomized trial
10.3171/2025.1.peds24417 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Effect of endoscopic third ventriculostomy on subsequent shunt failure: a Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network study
10.3171/2025.7.peds25119 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Hydrocephalus in Uganda: the predominance of infectious origin and primary management with endoscopic third ventriculostomy
10.3171/ped.2005.102.1.0001 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Comparison of 1-year outcomes for the Chhabra and Codman-Hakim Micro Precision shunt systems in Uganda: a prospective study in 195 children
10.3171/ped.2005.102.4.0358 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Comparison of endoscopic third ventriculostomy alone and combined with choroid plexus cauterization in infants younger than 1 year of age: a prospective study in 550 African children
10.3171/ped.2005.103.6.0475 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Combined endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization as primary treatment of hydrocephalus for infants with myelomeningocele: long-term results of a prospective intent-to-treat study in 115 East African infants
10.3171/ped.2008.2.11.310 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
