OBJECTIVE: To determine the clinical presentations, complications and mortality in @entity1 with @entity1647 ( @entity1647 ) after surgery i.e., shunt with y-connector. STUDY DESIGN: Case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: Neurosurgery Ward, JPMC, Karachi, from January 2009 to December 2013. METHODOLOGY: Cases of @entity1647 , with associated @entity1276 , further confirmed on CTscan of brain, were admitted through OPD. Those who were previously operated, those with other associated co-morbid or anomalies were excluded from this study. Combined drainage of the ventricular system and posterior fossa cyst, via dual shunt i.e. cystoperitoneal and ventriculoperitoneal shunt with y-connector was performed in all @entity1 . Complications and mortality after surgical intervention in these @entity1 were noted upto one month after surgery. The data analysis for descriptive statistics was done on SPSS version 20. RESULTS: In this study of 70 @entity1 , majority of the @entity1 were female aged between 1 - 2 years. @entity1276 was the predominant symptom as being present in all @entity1 , followed by cerebellar signs in 60 (86%), and other in 5 (7.14%) @entity1 . Complications of surgery were @entity281 and shunt @entity174 dislocation in 7 (10%) each, malpositioning and shunt blockage in 6 (8.5%) each within one month of surgery, intracranial @entity548 in 5 (7.14%) @entity1 . Only one @entity1 (1.42%) expired after surgical intervention. CONCLUSION: In @entity1647 , the commonest presentation is that of @entity1276 . @entity5033 and @entity281 are the commonest complication after shunting. Dual shunt with y-connector has the lowest mortality when compared with other methods for treatment of shunt with y-connector.

XXXX : AClinical and Surgical Outcome Analysis.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['fracture'] @entity1276 :: ('MESH:D006849', 'Disease') :: ['hydrocephalus', 'Hydrocephalus'] @entity548 :: ('MESH:D006470', 'Disease') :: ['haemorrhage'] @entity1647 :: ('MESH:D003616', 'Disease') :: ['DWM', 'Dandy-Walker Malformation'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['infection'] @entity5033 :: ('MESH:C562451', 'Disease') :: ['Shunt malfunction']
@entity1647 :: (MESH:D003616,Disease) :: ['Dandy-Walker Malformation']
