Résumé
This article reviews 22 cases of adult communicating high pressure postmeningitic hydrocephalus,treated with ventriculoperitoneal shunt in the period between July, 1992 and June, 1994. The cause of hydrocephalus was basal meningitis with obstruction of the basal cisterns. The causative organisms were tubercule bacilli, meningococcus, pneumococcus, staphylococcus and streptococcus. The interval between the appearance of hydrocephalus and the attack of meningitis ranged between 2 weeks and 4 weeks. Although V-P shunt is a symptomatic treatment for such cases, it is very effective and life saving
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Humains , Mâle , Femelle , Méningite/complications , Méningite à méningocoques , Méningite à pneumocoques , Méningite tuberculeuse , Dérivation ventriculopéritonéale , Manifestations neurologiques , Imagerie par résonance magnétiqueRésumé
This report concerns with study of eleven cases of delayed epidural hematoma after head injury, were surgically evacuated in the period between March, 1992 and February, 1995. Dehydrating agents to control increased intracranial pressure was used in all patients, seven patients were suffering of liver function and blood coagulation impairment. A skull fracture was present at site of hematoma in all patients. With proper medical care and a vailable CT scan for cases who have head injury severe enough to cause fissure fracture, DEDH Could be an avoidable complication in terms of its development and sequelae