Ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery and shunt infections in children with non-tumour hydrocephalus at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.

Objective: To study infections complicating ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt surgery in children with non-tumour hydrocephalus at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.

Design: A retrospective survey.

Setting: Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi between January 1982 and December 1991.