Asymptomatic ventriculomegaly in myelomeningocele: a matched cohort study of neuropsychological outcomes across institutions with varying shunt rates
Neuropsychological outcomes were either similar across cohorts from institutions with different shunt rates or favored the clinic with the lower shunting rate. These findings suggest asymptomatic ventriculomegaly may not be associated with worse functional outcomes, potentially informing guidelines for hydrocephalus intervention in the MMC population.
Authors
- Adrien M. Winning (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5286-4121)
- Caitlin B. Murray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7072-394X)
- Theresa Meyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6827-4380)
- Jack Μ. Fletcher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1181-6721)
- Jaclyn L. Papadakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8556-2509)
- Grayson N. Holmbeck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2216-1927)
- Jonathan Scoville (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7121-7528)
- Robin Bowman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2820-3574)
- Allison d. Payne
- Rya Muller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9220-6573)
- A.D. Fagan
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (US)
- Loyola University Chicago (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Seattle Children's Hospital (US)
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
- University of Houston (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
- Seattle University (US)
- Hologic (Germany) (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Child s Nervous System
- Published
- 2025-05-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-025-06847-9
- Primary Topic
- Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute of Nursing Research
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research