PROGNOSIS OF DANDY-WALKER MALFORMATION

• Mortality rates as high as 24% have been reported (1).
• Sun-normal intelligence in 40-70% of cases (1-3).

REFERENCES

1. Osenbach RK, Menezes AH. Diagnosis and management of the Dandy-Walker malformation: 30 years of experience. Pediatr Neurosurg 1991;18:179.
2. Hirsch JF, Pierre Kahn A, Reiner D et.al. The Dandy-Walker malformation. A review of 40 cases. J Neurosurg 1984;61:515.
3. Sawaya R, McLaurin RL. Dandy-Walker syndrome. Clinical analysis of 23 cases. J Neurosurg 1981;55:89.