title: Updates on the diagnosis and management of posttraumatic hydrocephalus.
abstract: Posttraumatic hydrocephalus is a vital subject for the practitioner caring for patients with traumatic encephalopathy, as a large number of brain trauma patients develop ventricular enlargement. The managing physician should understand which ventriculomegalic patients are suffering from hydrocephalus, which have cerebral atrophy and which stand a reasonable chance of improvement on surgical placement of a ventricular shunt. This paper highlights this decision process in two patients, and offers the physician a practical overview of posttraumatic hydrocephalus and its management.
authors.affiliation: Brain Trauma Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, IL 60611-4496.
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Brander
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sahgal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001284:Atrophy; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male