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Eur J Pediatr Surg 1990; 45: 29-31
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1042631
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Morbidity and Outcome of Shunted Hydrocephalus

I. . K. Pople1 , M. W. Quinn2 , R.  Bayston3
  • 1Institute of Child Health, Guilford Street, London, England WC1N 1 EH
  • 2University Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Clarendon Wing, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Great George Street, Leeds, England LS2 9NS
  • 3Department of Paediatric Surgery, Institute of Child Health, Guilford Street, London, England WC1N 1EH
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25 March 2008 (online)

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Abstract

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.

Key words

Hydrocephalus - Outcome - Morbidity

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