The long-term outcome of children with VP shunt and hydrocephalus: motor developmental outcome and QOL of patients with hydrocephalus is associated with the number of revisional procedures but is not impacted by the type of the valve.

However, the number of revisional surgical procedures showed a trend towards a significant difference: The mean Wellbeing Five score was 19.63 in the group with no revisions whereas the score was 12.2 in the group with more than two revisional procedures ( Figure 7A ).

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