TY - JOUR T1 - Failed ventriculoperitoneal shunt as treatment of infantile hydrocephalus JF - World Journal of Pediatric Surgery JO - World Jnl Ped Surgery DO - 10.1136/wjps-2020-000123 VL - 3 IS - 2 SP - e000123 AU - Serena Calgaro AU - Anna Claudia Colangelo AU - Serguei Otchirov AU - Damiano Pizzol AU - Mario Antunes Y1 - 2020/05/01 UR - http://wjps.bmj.com/content/3/2/e000123.abstract N2 - Hydrocephalus is a common and complex condition caused by physical or functional obstruction of cerebrospinal fluid flow that leads to progressive ventricular dilatation affecting 1.1 in 1000 infants.1 From 2013 to 2017, at our hospital, there were 321 cases of hydrocephalus (178 male and 143 female) with a mean age of 18.5 months, who were treated by placing a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. In low-income settings, complications are common and, among our cases 42 (13%) had complications such as shunt dysfunction, leaking from the anus, oral cavity, scalp or abdominal wall, scalp infection, liquorrhea, and paralytic ileus. The reasons of these complications are lacking of … ER -