Table 2 Etiology and type of hydrocephalus factors of pediatric patients managed with a shunt for hydrocephalus at selected hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2023 (n = 769)
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Variable | Category | Censored N (%) | Death N (%) | Total N (%) |
Congenital: n = 469 | Unclassified | 48 (97.96%) | 1 (2.04%) | 49 (10.44%) |
Aqueduct stenosis | 37 (60.66%) | 24 (39.34%) | 61 (13%) | |
Dandy-walker malformation | 51 (68.92%) | 23 (31.08%) | 74 (15.77%) | |
Chiari malformation | 29 (70.73%) | 12 (29.27%) | 41 (8.74%) | |
Spinal bafida | 137(80.58%) | 33 (19.42%) | 170 (36.24%) | |
Arachnoid cyst | 25 (100%) | 0 (0.00%) | 25 (5.33%) | |
Encephalocele | 41 (83.67%) | 8 (16.33%) | 49 (10.44%) | |
Acquired: n = 268 | Post-meningitis | 43 (68.25%) | 20 (31.75%) | 63 (23.51%) |
Tumor | 28 (66.67%) | 14 (33.33%) | 42 (15.67%) | |
Post-traumatic brain injury | 26 (56.52%) | 20 (43.48%) | 46 (17.16%) | |
Hemorrhage | 39 (79.59%) | 10 (20.41%) | 49 (18.28%) | |
Post-surgical | 32 (78.04%) | 9 (21.96%) | 41 (15.29%) | |
Pseudo tumor cerebral | 22 (81.48%) | 5 (18.52%) | 27 (10.07%) | |
Idiopathic: n = 32 | 23 (71.86%) | 9 (28.12%) | 32 (100%) | |
Types of hydrocephalus: | Communicative | 212(74.13%) | 74 (25.87%) | 286 (37.19%) |
Obstructive | 333(74.66%) | 113 (25.34%) | 446 (58.00) | |
Normal pressure | 35 (94.59%) | 2 (5.41%) | 37 (4.81%) | |