Infant hydrocephalus: what valve first?
Benjamin J HallConor Scott GillespieGeraint J SunderlandElizabeth J ConroyDawn HenniganMichael D JenkinsonBenedetta PettoriniConor MallucciPublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2021)
Our review highlights the challenges of valve selection in infant hydrocephalus, reiterating that the concept of an optimal valve choice in this group remains a controversial one. While the infant-hydrocephalic population is at high risk of valve failure, heterogeneity and a lack of direct comparison between valves in the literature limit our ability to draw meaningful conclusions. Data that does exist suggests at present that there is no difference in non-infective failure rate are increasing in number, with the British valve subtypes in infant hydrocephalus, supported by both the randomised trial and institutional data in this study.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- mitral valve
- aortic stenosis
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic valve replacement
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- cerebrospinal fluid
- electronic health record
- systematic review
- ejection fraction
- big data
- machine learning
- clinical trial
- coronary artery disease
- deep learning
- data analysis