Follow-up studies of newborn-babies with congenital ventriculomegaly.
The authors present the results of their follow-up studies of data from the last four years on patients with congenital ventriculomegaly.


OBJECTIVE
To study the psychomotor and mental developmental outcome of neonates with congenital ventriculomegaly diagnosed prenatally. In addition, patients were also classified into subgroups with subgrouping based on the etiology and complications of congenital ventriculomegaly and on the absence of ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement, and the findings compared between the different subgroups.


METHODS
Level 3 fetal ultrasonography was used for the prenatal diagnosis of congenital ventriculomegaly in 30 infants. Using neurological examination and the modified Brunet-Lézine infant test performed postnatal follow-up of motor and sensory development and intelligence, respectively.


RESULTS
The results show thirteen symptomless, well-developing patients, ten moderately handicapped patients and seven severely handicapped patients. Newborns with isolated, moderate ventriculomegaly have the best outcome.
Beke
A
A
1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest, Hungary.
Csabay
L
L
Rigó
J
J
Harmath
A
A
Papp
Z
Z
D000375:Aging; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious