Few series have addressed the problem of cerebrospinal fluid shunting in newborn babies. We aimed (1) to evaluate the feasibility of the use of two programmable valves (Sophy and Polaris) in hydrocephalic neonates and (2) to ascertain complications and safety issues arising from their use. We...
When we went in for the ultrasound at 28 weeks, all of the earlier optimism in our doctor was gone. The head was already greater than the size for a newborn. He said that the outlook was grim and we could expect a "poor outcome". As you can see on our info page, the words "po...
We had to perform 9 revisions in 6 children. Here are included 3 revisions in a newborn with a large interhemispherical arachnoid cyst and 2 revisions in a premature newborn with severe liver cirrhosis- associated ascites. The main cause for revisions was blockage of the ventricle catheter. ...
Grade of IVH, birth weight, and development of PHH Previous studies showed that the more immaturity of a new- born, the higher the mortality rate [2, 12, 13]. Ten to fifteen Childs Nerv Syst (2021) 37:519–527 523 Fig. 3 Comorbidities in group B percent of premature babies weighing...
The reasons of ETV failure are discussed: hyporesorption in patients with obstruction as a consequence of hemorrhage or infection, suboptimal ETV performance, especially in premature newborns, or the theory of different cerebrospinal fluid circulation in newborn babies.Radim Lipina...
14 newborns and babies with hydrocephalus of different aetiology were treated with a PAEDI-GAV system as a primary v-p shunt. In this group the average CSF protein level at shunt insertion was 0.78 g/l (0.12- 1.349 g/l); mean CSF cell count was 4 per 1/3 ml (1-15 per 1/3 ml...
About one in 2,000 babies are born with hydrocephalus, a condition in which cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cannot flow towards the spinal column and builds up instead in the cavities (ventricles) of the brain. This causes the head to swell like a balloon and puts pressure on the brain. Various...