TY - JOUR T1 - Evaluation of developmental profiles of children with hydrocephalus JO - Neurocirugía T2 - AU - Gönüllü Polat,Burçin AU - Makharoblidze,Khatuna AU - İpek,Rojan AU - Çobanoğullari Direk,Meltem AU - Derici Yıldırım,Didem AU - Okuyaz,Çetin SN - 11301473 M3 - 10.1016/j.neucir.2021.06.002 DO - 10.1016/j.neucir.2021.06.002 UR - https://revistaneurocirugia.com/es-evaluation-developmental-profiles-children-with-articulo-S1130147321000725 AB - ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to compare the developmental characteristics of children with hydrocephalus with those of healthy children. Material and methodsA total of 109 children aged between 2 and 46 months were included in the study, 54 patients diagnosed with hydrocephalus and 55 healthy children were evaluated with demographic data forms and Denver Developmental Screening Test II. ResultsThe mean personal–social (p<0.001), fine motor-adaptive (p<0.001), language (p<0.001), and gross motor subscale scores were significantly lower in children with hydrocephalus than in the control group. Personal–social (p=0.002) and gross motor (p=0.029) subscale scores were significantly lower in children with obstructive hydrocephalus than communicating hydrocephalus. There was a significant negative correlation between language scores and ages of the children with hydrocephalus (r=−0.350, p=0.009). It was found that children with obstructive hydrocephalus carry a 6.7 folds higher risk of experiencing problems in terms of personal–social development compared to those with communicating hydrocephalus (p=0.011). ConclusionWe found that patients with hydrocephalus were developmentally retarded compared to the healthy control subjects. Retardation was the most prominent in the obstructive group. Our results showed that neurodevelopmental follow-up should be carried-out regularly in pediatric patients with hydrocephalus, and early intervention should be started in necessary cases. ER -