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