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[Congenital hydrocephalus--preoperative assessment and intraoperative findings in congenital hydrocephalus]
1Chirurgische Universitäts-Kinderklinik Zürich.
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This study found no link between preoperative findings and head circumference or intracranial pressure in children. Perioperative antibiotic therapy did not improve safety outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Medical Imaging
Abstract:
54 children already presented in Part 1 were analysed with regard to their preoperative aetiopathological findings and evolution of different parameters until surgery. Our interest was focussed on possible correlations between brain malformation and head circumference as well as both ICP and neurological evolution. We examined the presence of infectious diseases in the preoperative period and checked on the advantage of a perioperative antibiotic therapy. We could not find any correlation between the aetiopathological findings in X-ray investigation and head circumference or ICP or preoperative neurological findings. Perioperative antibiotic therapy does not seem to be an additional safety factor.