Shunt implantation in a special sub-group of post-traumatic hydrocephalus—patients have normal intracranial pressure without clinical representations of hydrocephalus

Abstract

Although the effect was not definitively established, many patients in the sub-group of PTH patients described here would benefit from shunt placement, especially when they simultaneously have large cranial defects after surgical decompression and underwent cranioplasties after shunt placement. Additionally, younger patients and those with less severe hydrocephalus before shunt placement may expect a better outcome after shunt placement.