Table 1.
Summary of results of other literature and our study
| Sklar et al. [18] | Rahman et al. [19] | Fulmer et al. [5] | Tubbs et al. [17] | Willis et al. [9] | Our work 2007 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case number | 62 | 15 | 20 | 185 (71 PHH) | 6 | 25 |
| Birth age (week) | 29.8 | 29.1 | 27.5 | 29.32 | ||
| Birth weight (g) | 1,560 | 1,724 | 980 | 1,342 | ||
| Preop head circumference (cm) | 34.1 | 33.6 | 35.2 | 37.42 | ||
| VSGS timing | 28 day (4 weeks) | 30 day (4.2 weeks) | 33.08 day | |||
| VSGS infection (%) | 10 | 0 | 5.9 | 66.7 | 8 | |
| CSF leakage (%) | 32 | 5 | 4.7 | 16 | 28 | |
| Intraparenchymal hemorrhage (%) | 5 | 1.1 | 0 | |||
| VSGS died (%) | 1.6 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 28 | |
| Permanent shunt requirement (%) | 90 | 80 | 75 | 84 | 83.4 | 60 |
| VSGS stay (day) | 35.1 | 37.4 | 44 | |||
| VSGS revision | 5 (25%) | 52 cases (28%) | 3 (12%) | |||
| VPS infection at follow | 5 (33%) | 6 (24%) | ||||
| VPS does not need permanent | 6 (9%) | 3 (20%) | 4 (20%) | 16.6% | 3 (12%) |