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No studies have investigated the prevalence of strabismus and visual outcomes of children with congenital HC after ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt in Saudi Arabia.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>OBJECTIVES:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Estimate the frequency of strabismic children diagnosed with HC who underwent a VP shunt procedure.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>DESIGN:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Medical record review<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>SETTING:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Tertiary care center<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>PATIENTS AND METHODS:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>We reviewed the files of all pediatric patients diagnosed with hydrocephalus before the age of 2 years and treated with shunts during the period 2010 to 2020 at our institution.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Strabismus types and ophthalmic assessment (visual state, outcomes, and ocular motility state).<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>SAMPLE SIZE AND CHARACTERISTICS:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>190 children; 98 (51.5%) males.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>\n              Eighty-nine (46.8%) had congenital HC followed by intraventricular hemorrhage 36 (18.9%); 74 (38.9%) patients had regular follow-ups in ophthalmology. Sixty-five (34.2%) patients had no ophthalmic assessment or fundus examination records, while 63 (33.1%) were diagnosed with strabismus. At the initial assessment, 26 (13.6%) patients had exotropia (XT). At the final assessment, 7 (3.6%) patients had XT. The association between VP shunt and strabismus was statistically significant, (\u03c7\n              <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n              =6.534, df=1,\n              <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n              &lt;.01).\n            <\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>CONCLUSION:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>More than one-third of children diagnosed with HC who had surgical treatment in a tertiary hospital did not have any records of ophthalmic assessment, which highlights the need to implement a specific ophthalmological examination protocol in patients with HC. Further studies are needed to analyze the association between VP shunt and strabismus.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>LIMITATIONS:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Evaluating the ocular state and visual function before and after VP shunt was not possible.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>CONFLICT OF INTEREST:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>None.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.5144\/0256-4947.2022.391","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,29]],"date-time":"2022-11-29T12:09:44Z","timestamp":1669723784000},"page":"391-396","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["The prevalence of strabismus and visual outcomes in children with hydrocephalus and a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: medical record review"],"prefix":"10.5144","volume":"42","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5493-8315","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Saif Saleh","family":"AlObaisi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bashair Nasser","family":"Alnasser","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Ophthalmology, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hana Abdulaziz","family":"Almuhawas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Saja Abdulrahmn","family":"Alhoshan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Ophthalmology, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Modhi Abdullah","family":"Alamer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the College of Medicine, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rana Mohammad","family":"Alshaye","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sulaiman Abdulaziz","family":"Aldakhil","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Optometry, College of Applied Medical Science, Qassim University, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Manal Mosaad","family":"Alabdulmunem","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Human Health Sciences Ontario Tech University, Ontario, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"3134","reference":[{"issue":"5","key":"e_1_3_1_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"506","DOI":"10.3171\/jns.1968.29.5.0506","article-title":"Complications of Ventriculo-Atrial Shunts","volume":"29","author":"Forrest DM","year":"1968","unstructured":"Forrest DM, Cooper DGW. 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