Arrest and compensation of hydrocephalus.
We believe that children beyond 5 years of age with stable ventriculomegaly can be monitored if their intellectual performance is within the normal range and stable. The child 3 years old or younger with moderate or greater ventriculomegaly should be shunted. Close follow-up with objective data is essential for all other children with compensated hydrocephalus, as well as for all children with a shunt.
McLone
D G
DG
Division of Neurosurgery, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
Partington
M D
MD
D000367:Age Factors; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D007360:Intelligence