@article{Rahman_Haque_Islam_Salam_Uddin_Rahman_Talukder_Hasanat_Hossain_2017, title={Demographic Characteristics and Etiology of Hydrocephalus Patients attended at Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh}, volume={1}, url={https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/JNINB/article/view/29850}, DOI={10.3329/jninb.v1i2.29850}, abstractNote={<p><span><strong>Background: </strong><span>Hydrocephalous can occur at any age. </span></span></p><p><span><span><span><strong>Objectives: </strong><span>The purpose of the present study was to <span>see the Demographic Characteristics and Etiology of Hydrocephalus Patients. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><strong>Methodology: </strong><span>This cross <span>sectional study was conducted in the Department of Neurosurgery at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical <span>University, Dhaka from April 2009 to September 2010 for a period of one and half year. Patients presented <span>with obstructive hydrocephalus at any age with both sexes were included as study population. Detailed <span>socio-demographic history as well as the associated etiological factors was recorded in pre designed data <span>collection sheet. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><strong>Result: </strong><span>A total number of 60 obstructive hydrocephalous patients were recruited for this <span>study after fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The mean age with SD was 17.95±19.15. <span>Acquedctal stenosis was the most common etiology of hydrocephalous which was 31(51.7%) cases <span>followed by posterior fossa midline tumour, CPA tumour and pineal region tumour which were 14 (23.3%) <span>cases, 9(15.0%) cases and 6(10.0%) cases respectively. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><strong>Conclusion: </strong><span>Obstructive hydrocephalous is most <span>commonly found in younger age group which is caused by acquedctal stenosis. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Journal of National <span>Institute of Neurosciences Bangladesh, 2015;1(2): 47-49</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>}, number={2}, journal={Journal of National Institute of Neurosciences Bangladesh}, author={Rahman, Md. Mahfuzur and Haque, Mohammed Ashraful and Islam, Mohammed Rafiqul and Salam, Md. Abdus and Uddin, Kalim and Rahman, Md. Mizanur and Talukder, Md. Moajjam Hossain and Hasanat, Md. Aminul and Hossain, Md. Afzal}, year={2017}, month={Apr.}, pages={47–49} }