先天性水頭症病態の予後考察（第2報）—特に術後経過，生存例の機能的予後

Some Observations on Prognosis in Congenital Hydrocephalus (Second Report):With Reference to the Physical Handicap in Survival Cases

Ⅰ．緒言

　先天性水頭症病態が近年の診断技術の進歩にともなって，明らかにされつつあるが，原因疾患の治療を除いては対症的処置，即ち髄液短絡術にとどまり生命延長をたとえ得ることが出来ても機能的予後の上では決して満足し得るものではない．

　即ち，髄圧下降術施行時に既に著しい脳の変性萎縮の存在があったり，或いは又，徐々に進行する病的過程の存在が推察される．

The prognosis of surgically treated congenital hydrocephalus has lately proven to give a remarkably increased expectation of life for patient. However, numerous reports have shown that the prognosis of congenital hydrocephalus have not always shown favourable turns from the viewpoints of physical and mental disability.

This problem has been considered many times over the past years.