• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제66권3호
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• pp.281-288
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• 2023

While the standard management for posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus (PHH) has not been determined, many patients initially receive temporary treatment such as a ventricular drainage, a ventricular reservoir, or a ventriculosubgaleal shunt. Subsequently, approximately 15% of patients with PHH will require permanent cerebrospinal fluid diversion. Shunt placement is most commonly performed for PHH as permanent treatment. However, shunting still has high complication rates. Since the development of the neuroendoscopic technique has progressed, and indication has been expanded, endoscopic third ventriculostomy with or without choroid plexus cauterization has performed more frequently in recent years in patients with PHH. In this paper, the permanent treatment for PHH will be reviewed based on the latest evidence.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제66권3호
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• pp.247-257
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• 2023

Recently, the survival of the high-risk population of preterm infants has steadily improved, and the severity of prematurity is a growing threat of gestational-age-related fatal conditions. Posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus (PHH) is the most common but serious neurological complication in premature infants, which can have life-threatening consequences during the acute phase in the neonatal period and life-long psychomotor and cognitive sequelae in their later life. Although neonatologists, pediatric neurologists, and pediatric neurosurgeons have investigated a diversified strategy for several decades, a consensus on the best management of PHH in premature infants still must be reached. Several approaches have tried to reduce the incidence of intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and mitigate the effect of IVH-related hydrocephalus. This paper reviews and discusses the clinical feature of PHH in premature infants, general/nonsurgical management of prematurity for IVH prevention, and posthemorrhagic management, and how and when to intervene.

• Neonatal Medicine
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.234-238
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• 2009

출혈 후 수두증은 미숙아에서 발생하는 주요한 합병증 중 하나이다. 저자들은 출혈 후 수두증을 가진 초극소 저출생체중아에게 Ommaya reservoir를 삽입하여 2개월 이상 반복적인 뇌척수액 배액을 시행하였다. Ommaya reservoir는 출혈 후 수두증을 가진 초극소 저출생체중아에서 뇌실복강지름술이 가능한 시기까지 수두증 관리에 유용한 방법으로 생각된다. 같은 환아에서 치료 중 뇌척수액 배액에 동반된 저나트륨혈증이 발견되어 나트륨 투여로 치료하였던 1례를 보고한다. 되풀이되는 뇌척수액 배액이 필요한 영아에서 정기적 혈중 나트륨농도 측정이 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제66권3호
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• pp.225-227
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• 2023

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제66권3호
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• pp.298-307
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• 2023

Remarkable advances in neonatal care have significantly improved the survival of extremely low birth weight infants in recent years. However, intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) continues to be a major complication in preterm infants, leading to a high incidence of cerebral palsy and cognitive impairment. IVH is primarily caused by disruption of the fragile vascular network of the subependymal germinal matrix, and subsequent ventricular dilatation adversely affects the developing infant brain. Based on recent research, periventricular white matter injury is caused not only by ischemia and morphological distortion due to ventricular dilatation but also by free iron and inflammatory cytokines derived from hematoma and its lysates. The current guidelines for the treatment of posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus (PHH) in preterm infants do not provide strong recommendations, but initiating treatment intervention based on ultrasound measurement values before the appearance of clinical symptoms of PHH has been proposed. Moreover, in the past decade, therapeutic interventions that actively remove hematomas and lysates have been introduced. The era is moving beyond cerebrospinal fluid shunt toward therapeutic goals aimed at improving neurodevelopmental outcomes.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제57권6호
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• pp.251-256
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• 2014

Severe intraventricular hemorrhaging (IVH) in premature infants and subsequent posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus (PHH) causes significant mortality and life-long neurological complications, including seizures, cerebral palsy, and developmental retardation. However, there are currently no effective therapies for neonatal IVH. The pathogenesis of PHH has been mainly explained by inflammation within the subarachnoid spaces due to the hemolysis of extravasated blood after IVH. Obliterative arachnoiditis, induced by inflammatory responses, impairs cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) resorption and subsequently leads to the development of PHH with ensuing brain damage. Increasing evidence has demonstrated potent immunomodulating abilities of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in various brain injury models. Recent reports of MSC transplantation in an IVH model of newborn rats demonstrated that intraventricular transplantation of MSCs downregulated the inflammatory cytokines in CSF and attenuated progressive PHH. In addition, MSC transplantation mitigated the brain damages that ensue after IVH and PHH, including reactive gliosis, cell death, delayed myelination, and impaired behavioral functions. These findings suggest that MSCs are promising therapeutic agents for neuroprotection in preterm infants with severe IVH.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제52권10호
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• pp.1127-1135
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• 2009

목 적 : 극소 저체중 출생아에서 교정 주수 만삭(40주) 근처에 시행한 뇌 MRI 소견에서 뇌백질 이상 소견을 관찰하고 측뇌실 부위 백질연화증 발생과 관련 있는 임상 위험 인자를 관찰하고자 하였다. 방 법 : 교정 주수 만삭(40주) 근처에 뇌 MRI를 시행한 극소 저체중 출생아 98명을 대상으로 뇌 MRI의 뇌백질 이상 소견을 관찰하였다. 뇌백질 이상 소견 중 낭성 또는 비낭성 측뇌실 부위 백질 연화증 환아들의 임상 소견을 관찰하여 측뇌실 부위 백질연화증의 발생과 관련된 임상 위험 인자를 관찰하고자 하였다. 결 과 : 1) 98명의 환아 중 DEHSI가 74명(75.5%), 뇌실 확장은 17명(17.3%), 국소 백질 음영 증가는 5명(5.1%), 측뇌실 부위 낭성 소견은 11명(11.2%), 종자층 출혈 또는 상의 하 낭종이 9명(9.1%), 뇌실 내 출혈이 3명(3.1%), 출혈 후 뇌수종이 2명(2.0 %), 측뇌실 부위 출혈성 경색이 2명(2.0%) 관찰되었다. 2) 측뇌실 부위 백질연화증 발생과 관련된 임상 위험 인자로는 낭성 측뇌실 부위 백질연화증에서는 재태 기간, 1분 Apgar 점수, CRIB-II 점수, 혈압 상승제 투여가, 비낭성 측뇌실 부위 백질연화증에서는 재태 기간, CRIB-II 점수, 출생 후 스테로이드 투여, 혈압 상승제 투여, 출생 시 비정상적인 백혈구 수치 등이 통계적으로 의미 있었다(P<0.05). 로지스틱 회귀분석에서는 낭성 측뇌실 부위 백질연화증에서는 CRIB-II 점수(odd ratio, 1.63, 95% confidence interval, 1.15, 2.30, P=0.006)가 비낭성 측뇌실 부위 백질연화증에서는 재태 기간(odd ratio 0.90, 95% confidence interval, 0.82, 0.99, P=0.036)이 독립적인 위험 인자였다. 결 론 : 교정 주수 만삭 근처에 시행한 극소 저체중 출생아의 뇌 MRI는 다양한 뇌백질 이상 소견을 보였고, 측뇌실 부위 백질연화증 발생과 연관된 임상 위험 인자로는 CRIB-II 점수와 재태 기간이 의미 있었다.