TY - JOUR AU - Rahman, Md. Mahfuzur AU - Haque, Mohammed Ashraful AU - Islam, Mohammed Rafiqul AU - Salam, Md. Abdus AU - Uddin, Kalim AU - Rahman, Md. Mizanur AU - Talukder, Md. Moajjam Hossain AU - Hasanat, Md. Aminul AU - Hossain, Md. Afzal PY - 2017/04/06 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Demographic Characteristics and Etiology of Hydrocephalus Patients attended at Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh JF - Journal of National Institute of Neurosciences Bangladesh JA - J. Natl Inst. Neurosci Bangladesh VL - 1 IS - 2 SE - Original Research Articles DO - 10.3329/jninb.v1i2.29850 UR - https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/JNINB/article/view/29850 SP - 47-49 AB - <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> ER -