Surgical treatment problems of hydrocephalus caused by spontaneus intraventricular hemorrhage in prematurely born children.

Aim: The aim of this study was to identify the most appropriate method of surgical treatment of hydrocephalus in preterm infants that is caused by spontaneous intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and to identify predictive factors of poor perioperative outcomes.

Material And Methods: We present a series of 60 patients with IVH and hydrocephalus, to whom a VP shunt or subcutaneous (Omaya) reservoir was placed, during the period from March 2006 to March 2011.

Results: Predictors of poor outcome with VP shunt placement were: gestational age (t=2.

Application of the Ommaya reservoir in the treatment of hydrocephalus in prematurely born children: correlation with animal results.

Introduction: Intraventricular hemorrhage occurs in almost one fifth of prematurely born children. Due to present complications, such as hydrocephalus and neurological deficit, it endangers the child's life, therefore there is the need for understanding and prevent risk factors as well as the need for finding most optimal methods of treatment.

Objective: The aim of the study was to point out the current therapeutic modalities of the treatment of posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus in prematurely born children.

The results of treatment of primary brain tumors in children.

During the period of 2009-2011 in UCH in Belgrade, we treated 22 patients with brain tumors. Treatment included the diagnosis and therapy that included surgery and postoperative neuroradiological follow-up of all patients regardless of whether radiotherapy was conducted with or without chemotherapy. The most frequent were low grade astrocytomas and medulloblastomas.

Asymptomatic perforation of large bowel and urinary bladder as a complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt: report of two cases.

Introduction: Insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt, the method of choice in the treatment of hydrocephalus, is often followed by various mechanical and/or infective complications. We present two children with asymptomatic perforation of the large bowel and urinary bladder, relatively rare and potentially severe complications of this surgical procedure.

Outline Of Cases: In both patients a VP shunt was implanted in the first month after birth; in a boy due to congenital hydrocephalus and in a girl due to the consequences of intracranial haemorrhage.