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PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY
Volume 34, Issue 1, Pages 13-19Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000055987
Keywords
hydrocephalus; etiology; incidence; developmental outcome; shunt; Malaysia
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There are few local statistics on the incidence of hydrocephalus and the outcome of hydrocephalic shunts in the South East Asian region. We report a retrospective study on 285 hydrocephalic patients who underwent shunting procedures between 1990 and 1998 at the University Hospital Science Malaysia, a regional referral center. Multiple logistic regression analysis was applied to predict determinants of outcome in relation to the timing of diagnosis, other congenital abnormalities associated with the hydrocephalus, timing of surgery and cortical thickness from CT scan. The relationship of shunt infection was correlated to the age of the patient and surgical procedure. The predictors for developmental outcome reported by this study were age at diagnosis, type of brain abnormalities and gender. Time of operation and cortical thickness did not contribute to the outcome. Copyright (C) 2001 S.Karger AG, Basel.
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