Maria Garcia-Bonilla, Prashant Hariharan, Jacob Gluski, Miguel A Ruiz-Cardozo, Ayodamola Otun, Diego M Morales, Neena I Marupudi, William E Whitehead, Andrew Jea, Brandon G Rocque, James P McAllister, David D Limbrick, Carolyn A Harris
OBJECTIVE: Hydrocephalus is a neurological disorder with an incidence of 80-125 per 100,000 births in the United States. The most common treatment, ventricular shunting, has a failure rate of up to 85% within 10 years of placement. The authors aimed to analyze the association between ventricular catheter (VC) tissue obstructions and shunt malfunction for each hydrocephalus etiology. METHODS: Patient information was collected from 5 hospitals and entered into a REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) database by hydrocephalus etiology...
April 12, 2024: Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics