How is hydrocephalus in children treated?

Patient's question:

All symptoms brain has water both sides of the head outward head accumulation armpit

Doctor's answer:

Divided into non-surgical treatment and surgical treatment. Mild hydrocephalus is generally treated first with non-surgical methods, primarily through dehydration therapy and systemic supportive therapy. Surgical treatment is suitable for cases with high intracranial pressure (exceeding 250 mm of water column) or those that fail to respond to non-surgical treatment. Severe hydrocephalus, such as cases with a head circumference exceeding 50 cm, cortical atrophy with a thickness of less than 1 cm, and severe functional impairment or deformities, often have poor surgical outcomes.
Surgical methods commonly employ cerebrospinal fluid shunt procedures, such as ventriculo-atrial shunts, ventriculo-sagittal sinus shunts, and ventriculo-peritoneal shunts. The latter method is safer, has fewer complications, and is more widely used. The shunt tube used is equipped with a reservoir and pressure valve mechanism and is not radiopaque, facilitating examination under fluoroscopy.