Analysis of curative effect of ventriculoperitoneal shunt with different shunt catheters on hydrocephalus after subarachnoid hemorrhage
LUO Bao-chang
HUANG Shu-lan
LIU Hua-ming
Abstract：Objective To investigate the curative effects of ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) with different shunt catheters on the chronic hydrocephalus after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and its complications.Methods The clinical data of 56 patients with chronic hydrocephalus after SAH,of whom,24 patients (observed group) underwent VPS with adjustable pressure shunt catheters and 32 (control group) with unadjustable pressure shunt catheters,from January,2009 to December,2015,were analyzed retrospectively.The curative effects were compared between both the groups.Results The curative effect was significantly better in the observed group than that in the control group according to activities of daily living scale (P＜0.05).The rates of occurrences of excessive and insufficient shunts were significantly lower in the observed group respectively than those in the control group (P＜0.05).Conclusions The VPS with adjustable pressure shunt catheters is very helpful to the increase in the curative effect of VPS on chronic hydrocephalus after SAH and decrease in the complications after VPS.
Keywords：HydrocephalusSubarachnoid hemorrhageVentriculoperitoneal shuntAdjustable pressure shunt catheters
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 403-406 )