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01-07-2016 | Editorial (by Invitation)

Hydrocephalus in vein of Galen malformation. Another paradigm shift in neurosurgery

Authors: Domenico d’Avella, Francesco Causin

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 7/2016

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The timely and due article by Meila et al. [1] addresses a topic of definite neurosurgical interest that, surprisingly, has been somehow neglected in the current neurosurgical literature. The aim of the article was to assess the evolution of treatment options for hydrocephalus in vein of Galen malformation (VGM) over the last few decades, with a particular emphasis on the dangerous implications of the old paradigm “ubi hydrocephalus ibi shunt”. …

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Title: Hydrocephalus in vein of Galen malformation. Another paradigm shift in neurosurgery
Authors: Domenico d’Avella
Francesco Causin
Publication date: 01-07-2016
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 7/2016
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-016-2837-x

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