Clinical characteristics and post-operative outcomes in children with purulent meningitis with hydrocephalus: 46 cases in a single center study
The modified external ventricular drainage has more obvious advantages compared to conventional external ventricular drain. The modified significantly prolonged the catheterization time, which can more effectively treat purulent meningitis with hydrocephalus in pediatric patients.
Authors
- Zhiguo Yang
- Jiangshun Fang
- Shengjuan Wang
- Zhenghai Cheng
- Youwen Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9934-1328)
- Yaning Sun
- Juan Du (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-5043)
- Jimei Luan
Institutions
- Hospital of Hebei Province (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Italian Journal of Pediatrics/Italian journal of pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-05-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13052-025-01995-9
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00