All parents have only one wish, that their children are healthy. However, diseases are relentless and more and more strange diseases appear, posing a threat to children’s health, among which hydrocephalus in children is a more serious one. If a child suffers from hydrocephalus, his performance will be slow, his vision will gradually decrease, and he may even have mental retardation and other problems. In clinic, the occurrence of hydrocephalus in children can be divided into congenital and acquired. Congenital hydrocephalus is caused by developmental abnormality or postnatal cerebral hemorrhage and other causes of arachnoid adhesion, cerebrospinal fluid circulation obstruction or absorption obstruction, which leads to the enlargement of the ventricular system; hydrocephalus is more commonly caused by acquired factors is the appearance of tumors and other diseases in the circulatory pathway of the cerebrospinal fluid. Whether the hydrocephalus is caused by congenital or acquired factors, it has a great impact on the child and requires active treatment. At present, the treatment of hydrocephalus follows the principle of surgical treatment, so is hydrocephalus in children better with surgery? This may be every child’s parents are worried and afraid. In fact, nowadays medical technology is more and more advanced, as long as the treatment is timely, find out the main factors of the disease, and carry out targeted treatment, there is still a great hope of recovery, so don’t be discouraged. Through long-distance drainage of cerebrospinal fluid and purification of cerebrospinal fluid until it is completely up to standard, and then modified ventriculoperitoneal shunt, postoperative complications can be effectively avoided and ideal results can be achieved.