{Reference Type}: Consensus Development Conference {Title}: Consensus: long-term outcome in hydrocephalus. {Author}: Hirsch JF; {Journal}: Childs Nerv Syst {Volume}: 10 {Issue}: 1 {Year}: Jan 1994 {Factor}: 1.532 {DOI}: 10.1007/BF00313587 {Abstract}: Developments in the treatment of hydrocephalus and its outcome are traced from the time of Hippocrates up to the present day. Various factors that have been suspected of influencing the outcome are discussed and their relative importance for long-term outcome is reviewed.