Table 1: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS): Demographic data and clinical characteristics.

Sex

n (%)

Age, y

n (%)

VPS surgery

n (%)

SSI diagnosis

n (%)

Male

225 (51.4)

< 1

173 (39.5)

First implantation

211 (48.2)

Culture *

37 (53.6)

Female

213 (48.6)

1 to 16

117 (26.7)

Revision

114 (26.0)

Clinical criteria**

32 (46.4)

 

 

> 16

148 (33.8)

Reimplantation

113 (25.8)

 

 

*Time between diagnosis and surgery; **Twenty-nine (46, 4%) cases presented negative cultures, but the diagnosis of SSI was confirmed by the clinical manifestation. For three cases, the diagnosis was established only by clinical criteria; culture was not performed.