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Hydrocephalus [PDF]

open access: yesThe Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
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openaire   +3 more sources

Progressive cognitive impairment evolving to dementia parallels parieto-occipital and temporal enlargement in idiopathic chronic hydrocephalus: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Little is known regarding progressive enlargement of the ventricular system in symptomatic patients or asymptomatic subjects. Before eventual surgical treatment, we evaluated the clinical and radiological features of an extremely rare group of patients ...
CURRA', antonio, MISSORI, Paolo
core   +1 more source

Risk factors analysis of ventriculoperitoneal shunt after supratentorial neoplasms surgery in children

open access: yesChinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2023
Objective To screen the risk factors for ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) after tumor resection in children with supratentorial neoplasms due to new hydrocephalus or progression of existing hydrocephalus.
GUO Zhong-yin   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Automatic Segmentation of Infant Brain Ventricles with Hydrocephalus in MRI Based on 2.5D U-Net and Transfer Learning

open access: yes, 2020
The goal of our study is to segment and quantify brain ventricles in infants with hydrocephalus. The Hydrocephalus is a brain disease in which cerebrospinal fluid accumulates in the ventricles, which expand abnormally.
Kenji Ono   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Theoretical versus pragmatic design in qualitative research [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
For many years, discussions of the relative merits of generic and theoretical approaches to qualitative research have divided researchers while overshadowing the need to focus on addressing clinical questions.
Bekker, H, Cheater, F, Smith, J
core   +2 more sources

Complex hydrocephalus (combination of communicating and obstructive type): an important cause of failed endoscopic third ventriculostomy

open access: yesBMC Research Notes, 2009
Background Hydrocephalus can be classified as purely obstructive, purely communicating or due to combinations of pathologies (obstruction in addition to defective absorption).
Parihar Vijay   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Normal-pressure hydrocephalus: A critical review

open access: yesDementia & Neuropsychologia, 2019
. Normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a potentially reversible syndrome characterized by enlarged cerebral ventricles (ventriculomegaly), cognitive impairment, gait apraxia and urinary incontinence.
L. Oliveira, R. Nitrini, G. Román
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Characterization of lower urinary tract symptoms in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
AIMS: The purpose of this study was to evaluate lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). METHODS: Patients with new-onset iNPH were prospectively evaluated for LUTS via detailed history and physical, and ...
Ahlberg   +25 more
core   +2 more sources

Levels of selected pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in cerebrospinal fluid in patients with hydrocephalus

open access: yesFolia Neuropathologica, 2017
Cytokines are widely known mediators of inflammation accompanying many neurodegenerative disorders including normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). NPH is caused by impaired cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) absorption and treated by surgical shunt insertion.
Kinga Czubowicz   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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