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Optic nerve sheath diameter as criteria for endoscopic third ventriculostomy failure in children

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  1. Paediatric Neurosurgery Unit, Division of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Health Sciences and School of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Llewellyn C. Padayachy & A. Graham Fieggen

  2. Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

    Llewellyn C. Padayachy & A. Graham Fieggen

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Padayachy, L.C., Fieggen, A.G. Optic nerve sheath diameter as criteria for endoscopic third ventriculostomy failure in children. Childs Nerv Syst 31, 1219–1220 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-015-2780-9

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