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A new operation is described for the treatment of progressive infantile hydrocephalus. A pericranial flap with intact blood supply is introduced into the right lateral ventricle and fixed in place by suture to the dura or the skull. Twenty cases were subjected to the new operation with four deaths. The operation was successful in causing the arrest of the hydrocephalus and changing the mental state of early and mild cases.
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Sharif, H.A., Aboul-Dahb, Y.W., Abdel-Hafez, M.S. et al. The pericranium flap operation a new operation for the treatment of progressive infantile hydrocephalus. Acta neurochir 41, 335–347 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01811346
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