‘Slit-Ventricle Syndrome’: Etiology and Treatment
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Vol. 14 (1) , 5-10
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000120354
Abstract
Between 1970 and 1986, 20 patients were treated for the ‘Slit-ventricle syndrome’. Six patients had intermittent proximal shunt malfunction and 14 children had increased intracranial pressure with normal shunt function. All of the children in the second group had a relatively small calvarium. Treatment consisted of proximal shunt revision in the first group and a calvarial expansion procedure in the second. The authors discuss the differential diagnosis of the slit-ventricle syndrome and offer guidelines to appropriate treatment.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Subtemporal Decompression for the Slit-Ventricle Syndrome after Shunting in Hydrocephalic ChildrenPediatric Neurosurgery, 1979