Morbidity and Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Preterm Infants after Posthemorrhagic Hydrocephalus Treated with a Subcutaneous Ventricular Catheter Reservoir

Abstract 2013

A nine-year retrospective case review was performed to evaluate the us of subcutaneous ventricular catheter reservoirs (VCR) to treat posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus (PHH) in preterm infants. Infants were hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit from January 1989 to December 1997. During this period, forty-eight VCR were placed in 43 preterm infants: mean gestational age was 28 3/7 wks (24 5/7 to 35 3/7 wks), and mean birth weight of 1140 g (620 to 2055 g).

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