Outcome in shunted hydrocephalic children.

The purpose of the present study was to identify the main risk factors for poor outcome in children with shunted hydrocephalus, including the timing of the operation. The medical records of patients born between 1984 and 1992, who had undergone shunt operation for hydrocephalus before 1994, were analysed retrospectively. The following data were collected: aetiology of hydrocephalus, other pathology in addition to hydrocephalus, timing of drain implantation, number and indication of revisions and several outcome parameters such as school type, seizures and morbidity parameters.