Abstract
Objective To analyze the hydrocephalus shunt postoperative infection factors and prognosis.Methods The clinical data of 403 patients with hydrocephalus shunts,including 64 cases of postoperative infection,were retrospectively analyzed.And the sex ratio,age level,differences in etiology and infection,and their relationship with prognosis were analyzed by logistic regression.Results There were 64 infection cases (15.9％),including 47 cases of meningitis (73.5％),10 cases of peritonitis (15.6 ％),and 7 cases of postoperative infection (10.9％).The results of single factor Logistic regression analysis showed that gender,idio-hydrocephaly,apoplexy were not significantly correlated with hydrocephalus shunt postoperative infection(P ＞0.05),while age,congenital hydrocephalus,intracranial neoplasms,infection time were correlated with hydrocephalus shunt postoperative infection (P ＜ 0.05).Age was negatively correlated with GOS (r =-0.478,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Age,hydrocephalus etiology and infection time were the risk factors for infection.Age is a factor affect the prognosis. Key words: Hydrocephalus ; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt; Risk factors ; Prognosis
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