Long-term mortality rates in pediatric hydrocephalus-a retrospective single-center study.
Matthias GmeinerHelga WagnerChristoph ZacherlPetra PolanskiChristian AuerWillem J R van OuwerkerkKurt HollPublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2016)
Mortality in hydrocephalic pediatric patients is high especially in the first postoperative years but is even significant in adult patients with pediatric hydrocephalus. As deaths occur even after 20 years, routine follow-up of long-term survivors remains necessary.