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Table 1 Predictors for ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement

From: Predictors of shunt-dependent hydrocephalus following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a pilot study in a single Egyptian institute

 

No. of shunt-treated patients (total = 11)

Non-shunt-treated patients (total = 9)

Total

P value

Mean age

54.73

53.67

 

0.229

Sex

Males

7 (70%)

3 (30%)

10

 

Females

4 (40%)

6 (60%)

10

Fisher grade

  

0.411

 2

 

3 (27.3%)

2 (22.2%)

 3

 

5 (45.4%)

3 (33.3%)

 4

 

3 (27.3%)

4 (44.5%)

Mean bicaudate index at shunt decision

Emergency VP shunt

0.26

0.2

 

0.031

Failed EVD weaning

0.21

Aneurysm location

ACoA

5 (62.5%)

3 (37.5%)

24

0.0646

MCA

0

4 (100%)

15

PCoA

4 (100%)

0

12

ICA

1 (50%)

1 (50%)

6

Multiple

1 (100%)

0

3

DACA

0

1 (100%)

3

Type of procedure

Clipping

10 (58.8%)

7 (41.2%)

51

0.566

Coiling

1 (33.3%)

2 (66.7%)

9

  1. Italicized P values are significant
  2. Abbreviations: CSF cerebrospinal fluid, EVD external ventricular drainage, ACoA anterior communicating artery, MCA middle cerebral artery, PCoA posterior communicating artery, ICA internal carotid artery, DACA distal anterior cerebral artery