Items Tagged ‘Shunt’
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Pediatric Surgeons' Novel Approach to Relieving Pressure on the Brain
What appears to be a radical surgery to relieve brain pressure may prove to be the most effective and logical for patients with resistant high pressure conditions like Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH). Drs. Saadi Ghatan and Neil Feldstein from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center...
Posted on Mar 9, 2010 by Department Author In Blog, Pediatric Neurosurgery Blog -
Anderson and Feldstein Compare Surgical Treatments for Arachnoid Cysts
At the Pediatric Neurosurgery Section meeting held in December, Dr. Richard Anderson and Dr. Neil Feldstein from our Pediatric Neurosurgery Center co-authored a study that compared surgical techniques for the treatment of Middle Fossa Arachnoid Cysts (MFAC). They looked at patients after...
Posted on Feb 11, 2010 by Department Author In News, Pediatric Neurosurgery News, Pediatrics, Uncategorized -
Sherman Alexie: Born with Hydrocephalus, Now a Well Known Author

Sherman Alexie, winner of a National Book Award, has just come out with a new book of short stories called “War Dances” as reported by the New York Times, LA Times, and the Colbert Report. NY Times called his last book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, a “commercial breakthrough." In this book, Alexie created a character who like himself was born with a condition called Hydrocephalus.
Posted on Dec 11, 2009 by Neurosurgery Webmaster In Blog, Pediatric Neurosurgery Blog