Huge hydrocephalus: definition, management, and complications |
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Authors: | Morteza Faghih Jouibari Nazanin Baradaran Rouzbeh Shams Amiri Farideh Nejat Mostafa El Khashab |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Neurosurgery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Shariati Hospital, Tehran, Iran;(2) Department of Neurosurgery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Tehran, 14155-7854, Iran;(3) Department of Neurosurgery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Sina Hospital, Tehran, Iran;(4) Department of Neurosurgery, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, USA;(5) Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ, USA; |
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Abstract: | Objective Lack of comprehensive knowledge and numerous socioeconomic problems may make the parents leave hydrocephalic children untreated, leading to progressive hydrocephalus and eventual unordinary big head. Management of huge hydrocephalus (HH) differs from common hydrocephalus. We present our experience in the management of these children. |
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