How is hydrocephalus treated in children?

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 or cerebral cortex atrophy less than 1 cm, combined with severe functional impairment and deformities, often has poor surgical outcomes.
Surgical methods commonly employ cerebrospinal fluid shunt procedures, such as ventriculocaval shunts, ventriculosagittal sinus shunts, and ventriculoperitoneal shunts. The latter method is safer with fewer complications and is more widely used. The shunt tube used is equipped with a reservoir and pressure valve, and is not X-ray permeable, facilitating examination under fluoroscopy.