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From 1959–1968 hydrocephalus in 189 consecutive patients was treated surgically. Children with hydrocephalus due to intracranial tumor are not included in this series. The follow-up period for the younqest patient is now 10 years and 20 years for the oldest. How have these patients, some of whom are already teenagers, developed?
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Rama, B., Spoerri, O. (1980). Surgical Treatment and Long-Term Results in Children with Hydrocephalus. 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_37
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