Timing of shunt surgery in childhood @entity1906 with XXXX .

@entity1 @entity1906 @entity1276
@entity1276 is a common complication of @entity1906 ( @entity1906 ) in @entity1 . The aims of this study are to review our experience of @entity1276 in childhood @entity1906 and to evaluate the effect of the timing of ventriculoperitoneal shunting (VPS) on the final outcome. In this study, 156 @entity1 with @entity1906 and @entity1276 were reviewed retrospectively between 1990 and 2000. @entity1 ' ages ranged from 6 months to 15 years, with a mean age of 4.1 years. There were 85 @entity1 , and the male-to-female ratio was 1.19:1.0. Sixty-two percent of the @entity1 were younger than 6 years old. VPS was performed 2 days after the diagnosis in 100 @entity1 , and in the remaining 56 @entity1 , 3 weeks after the diagnosis. The average follow-up period was 8.5 months. Good recovery or minor sequelae was seen in 82 @entity1 (52.6%), and 51 died (12.3%). The timing of the VPS procedure and cerebral complications had an effect on the final outcome. Early VPS gave a better outcome in mild and moderate @entity1276 (p = 0.040). This study has shown that early surgical procedure for mild/moderate @entity1276 has a positive effect on the morbidity and mortality of @entity1276 in childhood @entity1906 (p = 0.014, p = 0.040, respectively). In severe @entity1276 , there was a tendency for early shunting to have a positive effect on morbidity, although this did not reach statistical significance.
