Extracranial CSF shunting for infantile non tumoral hydrocephalus--a retrospective analysis of 360 cases.
A series of 360 consecutive extracranial CSF shunts performed between June 1960 and June 1976 for infantile non tumoral hydrocephalus is reviewed. The surgical methods used, the reasons for re-operation, the time distribution of post-operative complications, the causes of death and the long term results are analysed and discussed for each of the four groups: tetraventricular communicating hydrocephalus, triventricular hydrocephalus, obstructive hydrocephalus with a ventriculo-cisternal block and post-meningocele or post-myelomeningocele hydrocephalus.
D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies