title: [Congenital hydrocephalus--preoperative assessment and intraoperative findings in congenital hydrocephalus].
abstract: 54 children already presented in Part 1 were analysed with regard to their preoperative aetiopathological findings and evolution of different parameters until surgery. Our interest was focussed on possible correlations between brain malformation and head circumference as well as both ICP and neurological evolution. We examined the presence of infectious diseases in the preoperative period and checked on the advantage of a perioperative antibiotic therapy. We could not find any correlation between the aetiopathological findings in X-ray investigation and head circumference or ICP or preoperative neurological findings. Perioperative antibiotic therapy does not seem to be an additional safety factor.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Universitäts-Kinderklinik Zürich.
authors.forename: O E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Illi
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Pochon
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002508:Cephalometry; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D011292:Premedication
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
vernacular_title: Der konnatale Hydrozephalus--Präoperative Abklärungen und intraoperative Befunde beim konnatalen Hydrozephalus.