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To Determine Outcome of Lumboperitoneal Shunt in Patients of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
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

open access: yes, 2004
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

open access: yes
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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Rare complication of lumboperitoneal shunt with distal catheter migration into the inguinal hernia sac in two adults: A case report. [PDF]

open access: yesSurg Neurol Int, 2023
Tanaka T   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Abdominal Wall Endometriosis Associated With Ventriculoperitoneal and Lumboperitoneal Shunts

open access: yes, 2011
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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The Importance of Preoperative Spinal Evaluation in Elderly Patients Undergoing Lumboperitoneal Shunting for Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: A Case Report

open access: yesJournal of Spine Practice
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
doaj   +1 more source

Considerations for laparoscopic gastrectomy in a patient with lumboperitoneal shunt

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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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