Outcome analysis of shunt surgery in hydrocephalus

AIM: To study the clinical outcome of shunt surgeries in children suffering from hydrocephalus. METHODS: A prospective study of 50 children with hydrocephalus who underwent a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt insertion over a period of two years. These patients were then followed up for shunt related comp...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Ashraf, Sandlas, Gursev, Kothari, Paras, Sarda, Dinesh, Gupta, Abhaya, Karkera, Parag, Joshi, Prashant
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2847144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20376249
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.57700
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author Ahmed, Ashraf
Sandlas, Gursev
Kothari, Paras
Sarda, Dinesh
Gupta, Abhaya
Karkera, Parag
Joshi, Prashant
author_facet Ahmed, Ashraf
Sandlas, Gursev
Kothari, Paras
Sarda, Dinesh
Gupta, Abhaya
Karkera, Parag
Joshi, Prashant
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description AIM: To study the clinical outcome of shunt surgeries in children suffering from hydrocephalus. METHODS: A prospective study of 50 children with hydrocephalus who underwent a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt insertion over a period of two years. These patients were then followed up for shunt related complications, shunt revisions and outcome. RESULTS: Twenty six of the 50 patients (52%) suffered from complications. The most common complications were shunt blockage (n=7) and shunt infection (n=6). These complications necessitated repeated shunt revisions. CONCLUSIONS: Infective complications of hydrocephalus are more likely to leave behind an adverse neurological outcome in the form of delayed milestones and mental retardation.
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spelling pubmed-28471442010-04-06 Outcome analysis of shunt surgery in hydrocephalus Ahmed, Ashraf Sandlas, Gursev Kothari, Paras Sarda, Dinesh Gupta, Abhaya Karkera, Parag Joshi, Prashant J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Original Article AIM: To study the clinical outcome of shunt surgeries in children suffering from hydrocephalus. METHODS: A prospective study of 50 children with hydrocephalus who underwent a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt insertion over a period of two years. These patients were then followed up for shunt related complications, shunt revisions and outcome. RESULTS: Twenty six of the 50 patients (52%) suffered from complications. The most common complications were shunt blockage (n=7) and shunt infection (n=6). These complications necessitated repeated shunt revisions. CONCLUSIONS: Infective complications of hydrocephalus are more likely to leave behind an adverse neurological outcome in the form of delayed milestones and mental retardation. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC2847144/ /pubmed/20376249 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.57700 Text en © Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ahmed, Ashraf
Sandlas, Gursev
Kothari, Paras
Sarda, Dinesh
Gupta, Abhaya
Karkera, Parag
Joshi, Prashant
Outcome analysis of shunt surgery in hydrocephalus
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title_fullStr Outcome analysis of shunt surgery in hydrocephalus
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title_short Outcome analysis of shunt surgery in hydrocephalus
title_sort outcome analysis of shunt surgery in hydrocephalus
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2847144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20376249
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.57700
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