[A conservative, surgery-delaying attitude in the treatment of concomitant hydrocephalus in patients with meningomyelocele].
Between 1978 and 1987 5 out of 16 hydrocephalic patients with Arnold Chiari malformation and a meningomyelocele underwent a non-operative management. They showed normal mental development. Through meticulous clinical and neurological examinations as well as regular ultrasound and CT controls, it was possible to treat them conservatively.
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Kinderchirurgische Klinik, Universitätskinderklinik, Basel.
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D002508:Cephalometry; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
Konservative, abwartende Haltung in der Behandlung des Begleithydrozephalus bei Patienten mit Meningomyelozele.