Management of pregnancy, delivery and postpartem care of mothers with ventriculoperitoneal-shunted hydrocephalus and review of literature

Background Since the introduction of cerebro spinal fluid (CSF) -shunt implantation in 1971 at the University Hospital of Innsbruck the number of hydrocephalus patients reaching reproductive age has increased in recent years. Our main aim was to attend these patients throughout pregnancy, delivery and maternity. These patients have been in our care from the beginning of their disease to adulthood and we have reviewed their outcome with other reported patients in literature.