Follow-up analysis of ventriculoperitoneal and ventriculoatrial shunts for hydrocephalus.
The authors report an analysis of 300 patients in whom primary treatment for hydrocephalus was either a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) or ventriculoatrial (VA) shunt. Although differences in primary and total revision rates between placements were not statistically significant, the VA shunt failures carried a higher morbidity than the VP placements.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged