Results and complications in 55 shunted patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus.

  • 1 May 1975
    • journal article
    • Vol. 3  (5) , 271-5
Abstract
This retrospective study of 55 shunted patients with "normal pressure" hydrocephalus evaluates the surgical results. Sixty percent of these patients had objective improvement following cerebrospinal fluid diversion but 44% had shunt-related complications of which 9% were fatal. Those patients who received a single theco-peritoneal shunt had a higher improvement rate and a lower incidence of postoperative complications. Successfully treated complications did not preclude postoperative improvement.

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