Ventriculoatrial and ventriculopleural shunts as second-line surgical treatment have equivalent revision, infection, and survival rates in paediatric hydrocephalus.
Dalila ForteSimone PeraioTerhi J HuttunenGreg JamesDominic ThompsonKristian AquilinaPublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2020)
This study demonstrates that the outcomes of VA and VPL shunts, when used as second-line surgical treatment in paediatric hydrocephalus, were similar, as were the revision, infection and survival rates. The shorter longevity of these shunts compared with the general shunted population may reflect the complex nature of these children.