Pre-Operative Vs Post-Operative Shunt Procedure in Meningocele Repair

Abstract

A prospective study of 50 neonates with hydrocephalus and meningocele (one of the important congenital malformations involving defective development of spinal neural tube). This study to compare between patients with V-P shunt before repair of meningocele and those with repair first and the results shows that preoperative shunt procedure in patient with meningocele and hydrocephalus is very important aspect to prevent post-operative CSF leak and wound infection.

Keywords

CSF, MRI, OFC, CT-scan, U/S, V-P shunt