Hydrocephalus

WHAT IS HYDROCEPHALUS?

Hydrocephalus occurs as a result of a disorder between the production and absorption of cerebrospinal fluid. Decephaly. It may occur as a result of a blockage in the circulation of cerebrospinal fluid, impaired absorption, or rarely excessive construction. The occurrence of hydrocephalus depends on the underlying cause, how long it takes to develop, and compensatory mechanisms.

Hydrocephalus, which develops in infancy before the skull joints close, is observed with a significant increase in the head circumference. The expansion of the skull reduces the intracranial pressure somewhat. The intracranial pressure force is distributed over a wider area in the enlarged brain waterways, and accordingly the brain parenchyma is exposed to less pressure. If hydrocephalus occurs suddenly or after the skull joints close, there will be a significant increase in intracranial pressure and sudden damage to brain tissue, since the skull cannot expand.

HOW IS THE TREATMENT OF HYDROCEPHALUS?

Medical treatment: Some drugs that reduce cerebrospinal cord secretion in normal pressure hydrocephalus may provide improvement in clinical findings.

Surgical treatment-Shunt therapy: the process of transferring excess cerebrospinal fluid inside the brain cavities to other body cavities through a thin tube under the skin.

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy: This method is a method of opening the blockage in the circulatory pathways of cerebrospinal fluid without a shunt (aquoduktoplasty) or opening a new path (ventriculostomy).