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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2002;86:F72-F74 doi:10.1136/fn.86.2.F72
  • Review

Posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation

  1. A Whitelaw1,
  2. M Thoresen1,
  3. I Pople2
  1. 1Division of Child Health, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  2. 2Department of Neurosurgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    Professor Whitelaw, Division of Child Health, University of Bristol Medical School, Southmead Hospital, Bristol BS9 1PJ, UK;
    andrew.whitelaw{at}bristol.ac.uk
  • Accepted 18 October 2001

Abstract

Posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation is the most serious direct complication of intraventricular haemorrhage after preterm birth. It results initially from multiple small blood clots throughout the cerebrospinal fluid channels impeding circulation and reabsorption. Management is difficult and new treatment approaches are needed.

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