====== Pediatric hydrocephalus treatment ======

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Treatment options are limited. It is difficult for [[pediatric neurosurgeon]]s to select and perform appropriate surgical procedures for neonates and infants. Treatment options for hydrocephalus are broadly divided into permanent and temporary. Permanent treatments include cerebrospinal fluid shunt and endoscopic third ventriculostomy; temporary treatment entails cerebrospinal fluid drainage using lumbar puncture and intermittent cerebrospinal fluid drainage with an Ommaya reservoir, ventricular drainage, and ventriculosubgaleal shunt
((Ihara S. [Ommaya Reservoir and the External Ventricular Drainage]. No Shinkei Geka. 2022 Nov;50(6):1150-1157. Japanese. doi: 10.11477/mf.1436204682. PMID: 36426516.)).

===== Surgery =====

[[Pediatric hydrocephalus surgery]]