Results of the treatment of hydrocephalus with ventriculo-jugular shunts.

260 children with hydrocephalus were treated with a ventriculo-jugular shunt. We compared the complication - rate between Holter-shunts and Pudenz-shunts. As far as we could verify 58 children died from several causes. 190 revisions were done in 114 patients, 110 revisions in 71 children with a Holter - valve and 80 revisions in 43 children with a Pudenz - valve. The complication-rate was 112 in 176 Holter - valves and 84 in 84 Pudenz - systems. In our hands the use of the Holtersystem gives better results. As one can conclude from these figures and those from others (Tsingoglou and Forrest 1971), the treatment of children with hydrocephalus is still far from ideal.