Methods
hydrocephalus
HYDROCEPHALUS
A comparative randomized prospective study included 60 pediatric patients admitted to our neurosurgery department, at our academic university hospital. They were suffering from hydrocephalus and were subjected to ventriculoperitoneal shunt during the period from January 2020 to January 2022.Written informed consents were obtained from all parents of the children and the study was approved by our Institutional Review Board (IRB) [IRB#:5782–1-12–2019] in accordance with The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) for studies involving humans.