The value of immediate post-operative routine CT related to uncomplicated ventricle drainage in childhood hydrocephalus.
Retrospectively we assessed the value of routine postoperative CT scans in 113 children shunted for hydrocephalus. Of the 165 routine CT scans 13 showed fortuitous findings (= 8%) with a change in treatment accompanied by questionable benefits in only 2 (= 1.3%). Therefore we suggest that post-operative CT should not be performed as a routine examination but only on clinical grounds.
D000293:Adolescent; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed