To Determine Outcome of Lumboperitoneal Shunt in Patients of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus [PDF]
The patient presenting with gait disturbance, cognitive decline, or urinary incontinence represents a common cli-nical dilemma for the practicing neurologist and neurosurgeon. Although these symptoms are suggestive of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH),
SMAIJA, MUHAMMAD SHAHID
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Lumboperitoneal shunts: Review of 409 cases
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: A prospective study was carried out to evaluate the lumboperitoneal shunt procedure. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Four hundred and nine patients having communicating hydrocephalus were selected for the procedure during a 10-year period from
Y.R. Yadav +3 more
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Lumboperitoneal shunts in hydrocephalus
Normal pressure hydrocephalus, defined clinically by Hakim’s triad of gait and balance disturbance, cognitive decline, and urinary incontinence, presents a critical challenge in neurology.
Munthe, Sune Kasper Arndt +6 more
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Acute Onset of Syndrome of the Trephined After Lumboperitoneal Shunt Placement: A Case Report. [PDF]
Jeon MJ, Kim ST.
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Reversible Bilateral Transverse Sinus Occlusion Treated by Lumboperitoneal Shunt in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: A Case Report. [PDF]
Taishaku A +5 more
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Rare complication of lumboperitoneal shunt with distal catheter migration into the inguinal hernia sac in two adults: A case report. [PDF]
Tanaka T +10 more
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Lumboperitoneal Shunt Surgery under Spinal Anesthesia on Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Patients. [PDF]
Goto Y +4 more
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Abdominal Wall Endometriosis Associated With Ventriculoperitoneal and Lumboperitoneal Shunts
Endometriosis is a common condition in women of reproductive age and has a known propensity to involve abdominal wall scars. The authors report 2 cases of endometriosis presenting as mass lesions involving the abdominal wall at the site of insertion of ...
Estelle G Healy, W Glenn McCluggage
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Background: Lumboperitoneal (LP) shunting is an effective and less invasive treatment for normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). However, degenerative spinal changes, such as lumbar spinal stenosis, which are common in elderly patients, can complicate ...
Momoka Kobayashi +3 more
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Considerations for laparoscopic gastrectomy in a patient with lumboperitoneal shunt
Introduction: One relative contraindication of laparoscopic surgery is patients having a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt that drains into the peritoneum due to reports of perioperative shunt complications.
Knezevic, Nebojsa Nick +3 more
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