[Extremely low birth-weight infant with hydrocephalus; management of hydrocephalus using a miniature Ommaya's reservoir].
Use of the miniature Ommaya's reservoir in the treatment of extremely low birth-infant (under 1,000 mg) with hydrocephalus was studied in a series of five patients. The reservoir has a small-caliber with a 3 cm ventricular catheter. For these infants, this miniature Ommaya's reservoir is extremely useful for protection of the cortical mantle until a definitive procedure can be carried out after increase of body weight. The clinical course in five cases are summarized.
Wakayama
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A
Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health.
Morimoto
K
K
Kitajima
H
H
Ichiba
H
H
Ebara
H
H
Fujimura
M
M
Suehara
N
N
Hayakawa
T
T
D015170:Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male