LONG-TERM OUTCOME OF FETAL HYDROCEPHALY

Citation
P. Kirkinen et al., LONG-TERM OUTCOME OF FETAL HYDROCEPHALY, Journal of child neurology, 11(3), 1996, pp. 189-192
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Pediatrics
Journal title
ISSN journal
08830738
Volume
11
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
189 - 192
Database
ISI
SICI code
0883-0738(1996)11:3<189:LOOFH>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Long-term outcome of 25 fetuses with ventriculomegaly diagnosed before delivery who survived the neonatal period up to school age was examin ed at 10.1 (standard deviation, 2.6) years of age. Twelve children had normal motor and mental development, seven were severely handicapped, and six showed intermediate outcome. The fetuses with severe handicap s on long-term follow-up had more severe ventricular dilation than the fetuses with good long-term outcomes. Eighteen of the children had su rgical treatment, and seven of them had normal long-term development. Thirty percent of surviving fetuses with ventriculomegaly have poor lo ng-term outcomes. In isolated progressive ventriculomegaly, early deli very as soon as fetal lung maturity allows might be reasonable for ach ievement of better long-term prognosis.