Impact of Comorbidities and Frailty on Early Shunt Failure in Geriatric Patients With Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Impact of Comorbidities and Frailty on Early Shunt Failure in Geriatric Patients With Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Background/Aim: Older patients are considered to bear a higher perioperative risk. Since idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) predominantly concerns older patients, identifying risk factors for early shunt failure for preoperative risk/benefit assessment is indispensable for indication and...

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Main Authors: Alexis Hadjiathanasiou, Fatma Kilinc, Bedjan Behmanesh, Joshua Bernstock, Erdem Güresir, Muriel Heimann, Jürgen Konczalla, Elisa Scharnböck, Matthias Schneider, Leonie Weinhold, Volker Seifert, Hartmut Vatter, Florian Gessler, Patrick Schuss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
normal pressure hydrocephalus
post-operative complication
ventriculoperitoneal shunt
frailty
comorbidity
geriatric
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2020.596270/full

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