title: Effectiveness of neuroendoscopic procedures in the treatment of complex compartmentalized hydrocephalus in children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The main object of the work is to assess the suitability of neuroendoscopic techniques for the treatment of complex compartmentalized hydrocephalus.
  
  
  METHODS
  For this purpose the authors compared two groups of children treated in the Research Institute of the Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital from March 1997 to January 2002. The first group of 47 children, treated using neuroendoscopic procedures, was compared with the second, which comprised 80 children treated conventionally by complicated shunt implantations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The children treated neuroendoscopically needed on average 1.7660 procedures during the entire therapy, and 1.0232 operations a year. The same parameters in the conventionally-treated group were as follows: the total number of procedures was 7.050, and the rate of reoperation was 3.949 procedures a year. The proportion of patients who suffered from complications connected with operative treatment and who had a bad outcome was higher in the conventionally-treated group than in the neuroendoscopic one.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Research Institute of Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital, 281/289 Rzgowska Street, 93-338 Łódź, Poland. enowos@poczta.onet.pl
authors.forename: Emilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nowosławska
authors.forename: Lech
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Polis
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kaniewska
authors.forename: Wanda
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mikołajczyk
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Krawczyk
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Szymański
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zakrzewski
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Podciechowska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D023261:Glasgow Outcome Scale / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000145:classification / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D000068556:Interferon beta-1a; D016899:Interferon-beta; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D016899:Interferon-beta; D000068556:Interferon beta-1a