title: The treatment of childhood hydrocephalus by choroid plexus coagulation and artificial cerebrospinal fluid perfusion.
abstract: The authors report their experience in the treatment of childhood hydrocephalus by endoscopic choroid plexus coagulation and post-operative ventricular perfusion with artificial CSF. The procedure was carried out on 23 children without mortality. In 12 cases (52%) the procedure was successful in controlling the hydrocephalus. The average follow-up was 2.3 years. Eleven cases (48%) required shunting which was done from 1 week to 13 months following the choroid plexus coagulation. As cure of the hydrocephalus was achieved in over half of the patients, the authors recommend the procedure as a first line treatment for childhood hydrocephalus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Jamjoom
mesh_terms: D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002831:Choroid Plexus / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D010477:Perfusion