Severe Obstructive Hydrocephalus in Young Children

For progressive hydrocephalus with a significantly reduced skull size and cortical thickness below 1cm, surgical intervention can be considered. The surgery can be categorized into procedures to eliminate the causes of ventriculo-intestinal obstruction, such as cerebrospinal fluid shunting or dilation techniques, median foramen incision, and intracranial space-occupying inflammation resection. Cerebrospinal fluid shunting is performed to establish a recirculation pathway for cerebrospinal fluid, eliminating its accumulation, and is suitable for both communicating and non-communicating hydrocephalus. Common shunting procedures include lateral ventricle to cerebellar cistern, third ventricle shunt creation, lateral ventricle to abdominal cavity, superior sagittal sinus, atrium, and external jugular vein shunts. Cerebral palsy can be treated with rehabilitation training after hydrocephalus surgery, and the child will gradually improve with treatment.
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Should a 3-Year-Old Child Who Doesn’t Speak Much Go to the Hospital for a Check-Up?

There are many reasons why a baby might talk late, such as the lack of communication between adults and the baby, which limits the child’s practice in speaking and thus affects language development; some parents may overly indulge and cater to their baby’s needs, always responding to their gestures and expressions, neglecting language training, leading to a habit of using gestures instead of speech, which in turn slows down the child’s language development; conditions like intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, hearing impairments, infantile autism, central nervous system damage or dysfunction can lead to delayed speech and may also present with other corresponding abnormalities. Mildly intellectually disabled children may start speaking 1 to 3 years later than normal.
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