Survival status and determinant factors of mortality among pediatric patients who underwent ventriculoperitoneal shunting surgery for hydrocephalus in Ethiopia
The survival time to death was 15 months, and the mortality rate for shunting surgery for hydrocephalus was 24.58%. In this study, emergency type of surgery, additional procedures other than shunt, duration of stay (> 7 days), shunt failure, and no hospital follow-up were factors associated with the mortality of the patients.
Authors
- Getachew Mekete Diress (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1463-3222)
- Abdurehman Seid Mohammed
- Yared Kebede
- Mathewos Sileshi Menberu
Institutions
- Ethiopian Public Health Association (ET)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Surgery
- Published
- 2025-04-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-025-02896-8
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.91