John Edwin Scarff (1898-1978) and endoscopic choroid plexus coagulation: A historical vignette

Waleed A Azab; Sherien A Shohoud; Tarek M Alsheikh; Khurram Nasim

doi:10.4103/2152-7806.134106

John Edwin Scarff (1898-1978) and endoscopic choroid plexus coagulation: A historical vignette

Surg Neurol Int. 2014 Jun 7:5:90. doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.134106. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Waleed A Azab¹, Sherien A Shohoud², Tarek M Alsheikh¹, Khurram Nasim¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Ibn Sina Hospital, Kuwait City, PO Box 25427, Safat 13115, Kuwait.
² Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Ibn Sina Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait.

Abstract

John Edwin Scarff (1898-1978) was one of the pioneers of neuroendoscopy and the head of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Columbia University in New York from 1947 to 1949. In this article, we highlight the pioneering and longstanding efforts of John E. Scarff in support of endoscopic choroid plexus coagulation. These efforts represent an important part of the rich history of neuroendoscopy and a legacy to which the current procedure owes a great credit.

Keywords: Choroid plexus; Scarff; coagulation; endoscopic; hydrocephalus.

Publication types

Review