Management of Hydrocephalus Secondary to Intraventricular Hemorrhage in the Preterm Infant with a Subcutaneous Ventricular Catheter Reservoir
| Autor: | A C Platzker, Hervey D. Segall, A D Ramos, D J Henderson, J G McComb |
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| Rok vydání: | 1983 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Infant Premature Diseases Cerebral Ventricles Postoperative Complications Cerebrospinal fluid medicine Humans Cerebral Hemorrhage Respiratory Distress Syndrome Newborn Scalp Respiratory distress business.industry Infant Newborn Brain Infant medicine.disease Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts Cerebral Intraventricular Hemorrhage Shunt (medical) Surgery Hydrocephalus Shunting Intraventricular hemorrhage Child Preschool Anesthesia Gestation Female Neurology (clinical) Tomography X-Ray Computed business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Neurosurgery. 13:295-300 |
| ISSN: | 1524-4040 0148-396X |
| DOI: | 10.1227/00006123-198309000-00014 |
| Popis: | To control hydrocephalus resulting from massive intraventricular hemorrhage in premature neonates with respiratory distress syndrome, we inserted a specially designed low profile subcutaneous ventricular catheter reservoir (reservoir) by the 12th day of life (average; range, 3 to 30 days) in 20 neonates whose mean birth weight was 1110 ± 270 g (28.7 ± 1.6 weeks of gestation). The reservoir was repeatedly aspirated over 10 to 48 days. No cerebrospinal fluid infection, reservoir obstruction, or breakdown of the skin overlying the reservoir occurred. Serial computed tomographic scans documented control of the hydrocephalus and an increase in the thickness of the cortical mantle of the survivors. No mortality was associated with placement of the reservoir or its subsequent conversion, if necessary, to a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. However, only 7 of the 20 infants survived. On follow-up 3 to 5 years later, 2 of the 7 have normal intellectual and motor development. Two infants are normal intellectually, but have a motor deficit. The remaining 3 patients have both significant intellectual and motor developmental delay. The use of the reservoir is offered as a safe and effective alternative to repeated ventricular punctures, external ventricular drainage, or initial shunting. Aggressive management of hydrocephalus secondary to intraventricular hemorrhage may improve neurological function in some surviving neonates. |
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