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Long-Term Results in the Operative Treatment of Hydrocephalus in Children

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Surgery of Cervical Myelopathy

Part of the book series: Advances in Neurosurgery ((NEURO,volume 8))

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Over two decades after the pioneer work of SPITZ-HOLTER and PUDENZ-HEYER, the treatment of hydrocephalus has reached a point, where a critical assessment of methods, complications, and late results seems useful.

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  1. Neurochirurgische Klinik im Universitäts-Klinikum Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, D-4300, Essen 1, Germany

    W. Grote , H.-E. Clar  & H.-E Nau ,  & 

  2. Universitätsklinikum Steglitz, Neurochirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Freie Universität Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, D-1000, Berlin 45, Germany

    M. Brock

  3. Neurochirurgische Klinik der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6, D-8520, Erlangen, Germany

    M. Klinger

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Hemmer, R. (1980). Long-Term Results in the Operative Treatment of Hydrocephalus in Children. In: Grote, W., Brock, M., Clar, HE., Klinger, M., Nau, HE. (eds) Surgery of Cervical Myelopathy. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67605-5_29

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