title: [Congenital hydrocephalus--a long-term study of congenital hydrocephalus].
abstract: In long-term follow-up particular attention is given to the psychomotor development, shunt function and the required shunt revisions. With regard to these details an attempt is made to establish the prognosis. It seems that this can be derived mostly from the development in the first few months, from the EEG and the original head circumference. Intensive adjuvant therapy can distinctly improve the prognosis, i.e. the development. The number of shunt revisions was 1.3 per patient, and had no influence on the prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Kinderchirurgische Klinik, Kinderspital St. Gallen.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gysler
mesh_terms: D002508:Cephalometry; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality*
vernacular_title: Der konnatale Hydrozephalus--Langzeitbeobachtung beim konnatalen Hydrozephalus.