The changing face of paediatric hydrocephalus: a decade's experience.
All 253 children receiving neurosurgical intervention for hydrocephalus (HCP) at a single British Neurosurgical Unit over a decade were investigated by retrospective case note review. Referral rates and mean age at presentation remained stable throughout, as did proportions of children presenting du...
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| author | Green, A Pereira, E Kelly, D Richards, P Pike, MG |
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| description | All 253 children receiving neurosurgical intervention for hydrocephalus (HCP) at a single British Neurosurgical Unit over a decade were investigated by retrospective case note review. Referral rates and mean age at presentation remained stable throughout, as did proportions of children presenting due to myelomeningocoele or meningitis. Comparing the first and second halves of the decade, the predominant aetiologies (intraventricular haemorrhage [IVH] at <1 year and brain tumour at 1-16 years) reduced from comprising half (70/129) of all cases to just over one-third (43/124). Other significant changes included a 45% reduction in neonatal IVH and a 179% increase in rare miscellaneous disorders. Outcome after 4 years of follow-up for all patients showed 44.4% without deficit, 11.9% with non-cognitive neurological deficits only, 11.5% with cognitive impairment only, 13.5% with both cognitive and neurological impairments, and 15.5% mortality. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:e9b0eed7-2086-4049-b6ba-9c9da6d595272022-03-27T10:56:07ZThe changing face of paediatric hydrocephalus: a decade's experience.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:e9b0eed7-2086-4049-b6ba-9c9da6d59527EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2007Green, APereira, EKelly, DRichards, PPike, MGAll 253 children receiving neurosurgical intervention for hydrocephalus (HCP) at a single British Neurosurgical Unit over a decade were investigated by retrospective case note review. Referral rates and mean age at presentation remained stable throughout, as did proportions of children presenting due to myelomeningocoele or meningitis. Comparing the first and second halves of the decade, the predominant aetiologies (intraventricular haemorrhage [IVH] at <1 year and brain tumour at 1-16 years) reduced from comprising half (70/129) of all cases to just over one-third (43/124). Other significant changes included a 45% reduction in neonatal IVH and a 179% increase in rare miscellaneous disorders. Outcome after 4 years of follow-up for all patients showed 44.4% without deficit, 11.9% with non-cognitive neurological deficits only, 11.5% with cognitive impairment only, 13.5% with both cognitive and neurological impairments, and 15.5% mortality. |
| spellingShingle | Green, A Pereira, E Kelly, D Richards, P Pike, MG The changing face of paediatric hydrocephalus: a decade's experience. |
| title | The changing face of paediatric hydrocephalus: a decade's experience. |
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