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The following search terms were used to identify studies:congenital hydrocephalus<\/jats:italic>,ventriculomegaly<\/jats:italic>,cerebral ventriculomegaly<\/jats:italic>,primary ventriculomegaly<\/jats:italic>,fetal ventriculomegaly<\/jats:italic>,prenatal ventriculomegaly<\/jats:italic>,molecular analysis<\/jats:italic>,genetic cause<\/jats:italic>,genetic etiology<\/jats:italic>,genetic testing<\/jats:italic>,exome sequencing<\/jats:italic>,whole exome sequencing<\/jats:italic>,genome sequencing<\/jats:italic>,microarray<\/jats:italic>,microarray analysis<\/jats:italic>, andcopy number variants<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Study Selection<\/jats:title>Eligible studies included those with at least 10 probands with the defining feature of CH and\/or severe cerebral ventriculomegaly that had undergone ES. Studies with fewer than 10 probands, studies of mild or moderate ventriculomegaly, and studies using genetic tests other than ES were excluded. A full-text review of 68 studies was conducted by 2 reviewers. Discrepancies were resolved by consensus.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Data Extraction and Synthesis<\/jats:title>Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology guidelines were used by 2 reviewers to extract data. Data were synthesized using a random-effects model of single proportions. Data analysis occurred in April 2023.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>The primary outcome was pooled diagnostic yield. Additional diagnostic yields were estimated for specific subgroups on the basis of clinical features, syndromic presentation, and parental consanguinity. For each outcome, a 95% CI and estimate of interstudy heterogeneity (I2<\/jats:sup><\/jats:italic>statistic) was reported.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>From 498 deduplicated and screened records, 9 studies with a total of 538 CH probands were selected for final inclusion. The overall diagnostic yield was 37.9% (95% CI, 20.0%-57.4%;I2<\/jats:sup><\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200990.1). The yield was lower for isolated and\/or nonsyndromic cases (21.3%; 95% CI, 12.8%-31.0%;I2<\/jats:sup><\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200955.7). 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