Table 2 Preoperative clinical and radiological signs

Clinical signs

 Tense anterior fontanelle

73 (96%)

 Delayed milestones of growth

70 (92.10%)

 Increase head circumference

66 (86.84%)

 Suture diastasis

40 (52.63%)

 Seizures

22 (28.94%)

 Disturbed conscious level

9 (11.84%)

Radiological signs

 Multiple intraventricular septation

76 (100%)

 Obliteration subarachnoid space

54 (71%)

 Midline shift

47 (61.84%)

 Transependymal CSF permeation

39 (51.32%)