Morbidity and Outcome of Shunted Hydrocephalus
| Autor: | Roger Bayston, Ian K. Pople, Quinn Mw |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty business.industry First year of life Infections medicine.disease Shunt infection Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts Hydrocephalus Hospitalization Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine Humans Female Surgery Good outcome business Peritoneal Cavity Shunt (electrical) |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 45:29-31 |
| ISSN: | 1439-359X 0939-7248 |
| DOI: | 10.1055/s-2008-1042631 |
| Popis: | Over an eighteen month period 50 children with hydrocephalus of different aetiologies were treated with a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt during the first year of life. The morbidity associated with their shunts and their outcome were reviewed after 10 years. During the 10 year follow-up period 82% required a shunt revision. The number of hospitalisations varied widely (range 0-13, median 3). 28% suffered from a shunt infection at some time during the 10 years. Shunt revisions and shunt infections had no significant effect on long-term outcome. 72% of the infants had a good outcome and the sub-group of infants with post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus fared as well as the rest. |
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