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The term Hydrocephalus relates to the presence of an excessive amount of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which may cause an increase in intracranial pressure with or without associated abnormal enlargement of the cerebral ventricles. Hydrocephalus is not a single pathological disease entity rather it is secondary to a variety of pathological processes or insults that cause an imbalance between the production and absorption of CSF.

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    Jawad Yousaf MBBS, MRCS & Stephano R. Parlato MD

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK

    Conor L. Mallucci MBBS, FRCS(Surgical Neurology)

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  1. Division of Child Health, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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  2. University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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  3. Childrens Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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  4. Royal Children’s Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

    John M. Hutson

  5. Department of Surgery, Meiji University of Integrative Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

    Naomi lwai

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Yousaf, J., Parlato, S.R., Mallucci, C.L. (2018). Hydrocephalus. In: Losty, P., Flake, A., Rintala, R., Hutson, J., lwai, N. (eds) Rickham's Neonatal Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4721-3_49

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