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KMID : 0374019950180010065
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Ewha Medical Journal
1995 Volume.18 No. 1 p.65 ~ p.72
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The Complications of the Post-cererospinal Fluid Diversion Procedures in Hydrocephalus: An Analysis of 46 Operated Cases
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Abstract
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The concepts of hydrocephalus can be applied at all conditions in which the intracranial volume of the cerebrospinal fluid is abnormally large in relation to the volume of the brain. Most patients suffering from hydrocephalus has increased
significantly
with the advent of more sophisticated diagnostic tools such as CT, MRI and with rapid technical advances in shunt equipment. Since intracranial pressure is a variable parameter depending on the factors as patient's position and cerebrospinal
fluid
secretions is almost constant, it may be assumed that some shunt complication are related to too much or to little cerebrospinal fluid drainage. In this report, the author analyzes post shunt complications of 46 patients from Jan, 1990 to Dec,
1994.
The rate of post shunt complications was 30% and the most common things were underdrainage (16%), infection(10%), and shunt malfunction(6%).
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