Abstract
The classical normal pressure hydrocephalus combines the clinical triad of dementia, gait disturbances, and urinary incontinence with ventricular dilatation on computed tomography (CT). Despite multiple diagnostic tools [e.g., continuous intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) infusion tests, cerebral blood flow measurements, CSF tap tests and magnetic resonance imaging techniques] the therapeutic successes after shunting are obscured by shunt-related complications. Besides infection, overdrainage of implanted shunt systems is one of the problems caused by normal pressure hydrocephalus. Therefore in our present prospective study we evaluated a well-characterized group of shunted normal pressure hydrocephalus patients and were especially interested in the following issues:
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How often are shunt-related complications after shunting of normal pressure hydrocephalus and what kind of complications occur?
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Is there a benefit after shunting for these hydrocephalus patients in their follow-up?
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Meixensberger, J., Grimm, M., Janka, M. (1993). Complications and Clinical Course After Shunting of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. In: Lorenz, R., Klinger, M., Brock, M. (eds) Intracerebral Hemorrhage Hydrocephalus malresorptivus Peripheral Nerves. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 21. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77997-8_21
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