[Alterations of skull development in shunt-treated hydrocephalus. Analysis of pathogenic factors (author's transl)].
Skull roentgenograms of 184 children with hydrocephalus treated with shunts were revised. Radiological abnormalities of the skull related to CSF drainage were found in 49,5% of cases. Presence of X-ray abnormalities was correlated with the age of patients at operation, sex, etiology of hydrocephalus, type of shunt device, head circumference at operation and follow-up. Results were submitted to statistical analysis. In this study it is clearly demonstrated that age and head circumference before operation have a strong influence in the pathogenesis of this picture.
D000367:Age Factors; D002508:Cephalometry; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity; D011859:Radiography; D012737:Sex Factors; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000254:growth & development*
Alteraciones en el desarrollo craneal en hidrocefalia infantil tratada con derivación. Análisis de factores patogénicos.