title: The value of immediate post-operative routine CT related to uncomplicated ventricle drainage in childhood hydrocephalus.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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