TRANSIENT HYDROCEPHALUS IN PREMATURE INFANTS: TREATMENT BY LUMBAR PUNCTURES

G. W. Goldstein; E. R. Chaplin; J. Maitland; D. Norman

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(76)90297-X

TRANSIENT HYDROCEPHALUS IN PREMATURE INFANTS: TREATMENT BY LUMBAR PUNCTURES

G. W. Goldstein, E. R. Chaplin, J. Maitland, D. Norman

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Three premature infants with post-hæmorrhagic hydrocephalus were treated by removing large volumes of cerebrospinal fluid with repeated lumbar punctures. After this treatment, a computerised tomographic brain scan showed that ventricle size had decreased, and subsequent head growth was normal in all three patients. The results suggest that acquired hydrocephalus in premature infants may be transient and that ventricular shunts may not be necessary in all cases.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	512-514
Number of pages	3
Journal	The Lancet
Volume	307
Issue number	7958
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(76)90297-X
State	Published - Mar 6 1976
Externally published	Yes

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