[E.E.G. in hydrocephalia with shunt (author's transl].
Twenty five cases of infantile non-tumoral hydocephalia that have been submitted to shunt therapy are presented. These cases presented EEG alterations of a focal character which were persistant or transitory at some point in their evolution. These alterations are attributed to lesions provoked by the catheter after perforating cerebral cortex or to intraventricular extreme in the same ventriculum where catheter was implanted or in contralateral ventriculum after performation of the septum pellucidum. These lesions can possibly provoke epileptical seizures and are more frequent in those cases with a larger number of surgical interventions secondary to obstructions of the shunt due to major trauma to which they have been submitted. It should be noted that the above facts need to be taken into account in order to realize an adequate therapy.
D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors
Hallazgos electroencefalográficos dependientes de la terapéutica derivativa en hidrocefalias infantiles