PMID: 9537549Apr 16, 1998Paper

Ventriculo-peritoneal shunts in children reveal the natural history of closure of the processus vaginalis

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
T D ClarnetteJ M Hutson

Abstract

Little information is known about the natural history of closure of the processus vaginalis. The authors studied children who had ventriculoperitoneal shunts to determine the natural history of closure of the processus vaginalis and to better understand the role of intraabdominal pressure in the etiology of congenital inguinal hernia. A retrospective review of all children undergoing insertion of ventriculoperitoneal shunts between 1985 and 1995 at the Royal Children's Hospital was undertaken. In each case, the sex, the cause of hydrocephalus, the age at insertion of the shunt, and the subsequent development of an inguinal hernia or hydrocele was recorded. There were 430 children in the study. An inguinal hernia developed in 15% of children after insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt, and a hydrocele developed in an additional 6% of boys. Inguinal hernias were bilateral in 47% of boys and 27% of girls. The incidence of subsequent development of an inguinal hernia or hydrocele was closely related to the age of insertion of the ventriculoperitoneal shunt, being 30% during the last 8 weeks of gestation and the first few months of life, then falling quite sharply to reach about 10% at 1 year. The high occurrence of inguinal her...Continue Reading

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