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[Extremely low birth-weight infant with hydrocephalus; management of hydrocephalus using a miniature Ommaya's
A Wakayama1, K Morimoto, H Kitajima
1Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health.
No Shinkei Geka. Neurological Surgery
|August 1, 1991
Abstract:
Use of the miniature Ommaya's reservoir in the treatment of extremely low birth-infant (under 1,000 mg) with hydrocephalus was studied in a series of five patients. The reservoir has a small-caliber with a 3 cm ventricular catheter. For these infants, this miniature Ommaya's reservoir is extremely useful for protection of the cortical mantle until a definitive procedure can be carried out after increase of body weight. The clinical course in five cases are summarized.