[Hydrocele and inguinal hernia after ventriculo-peritoneal shunt in childhood].
135 non tumoral hydrocephalic children have been operated on trough a V-P shunt in the period January 1975-June 1981. Of them, 10 (7.4%) presented an inguinal hernia or hydrocele in the postoperative period. Such complications required in 9 cases a specific surgical treatment, which was not followed by recurrence in any case; in one child the hydrocele subsided spontaneously. No relation was found with the type of shunt device inserted and the side of the operation.
D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000209:etiology*
Idrocele ed ernia inguinale dopo derivazione ventricolo peritoneale in età pediatrica.