[Clinical further development of children after surgery for subdural effusions (author's tranls)].
Follow-up examinations of 82 children after surgery for subdjral effusions show a varied degree of retardation of motor- and speech-development. This corresponds to neurologic signs of varying severity. Preoperative EEG findings are improved both in pre-school- and school children. Disturbance of motor and intellectual development as a rule corresponds to severe EEG changes. Among pre-school children 35% had an IQ below 69%, among school-children 36%. But their occupational chances cannot yet be finally assessed. Children with large effusions (over 50 ml) and extensive capsules show a higher percentage of retardation. Present results do not establish relations between site of effusion, frequency of recurrence and mental development.
D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications; D008581:Meningitis / Q000601:surgery; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012008:Recurrence; D013060:Speech; D013353:Subdural Effusion / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery
Zur postoperativen Entwicklung von Kindern mit subduralen Ergüssen (Lauf- und Sprachentwicklung, neurologische, elektroenzephalographische und psychologische Untersuchungen)