Secondary deterioration in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus after ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement: a proposed algorithm of treatment

Abstract Background After ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) with adjustable gravitational valves, a certain proportion of patients develop secondary clinical worsening after initial improvement of clinical symptoms. The aim of this study was to an...

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Main Authors: Pawel Gutowski, Sergej Rot, Michael Fritsch, Ullrich Meier, Leonie Gölz, Johannes Lemcke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
Subjects:
NPH
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12987-020-00180-w