Current Indications for Management Options in Pseudotumor Cerebri

• Published in: Neurologic clinics Vol. 40; no. 2; p. 391
• Main Authors: Akhter, Asad, Schulz, Lauren, Inger, Hilliary E, McGregor, John M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2022
• Subjects: Central Nervous System; Humans; Neurosurgical Procedures; Pseudotumor Cerebri - surgery; Stents; Pseudotumor cerebri; Complication; Optic nerve sheath fenestration; Venous sinus stenting; Shunt; Idiopathic intracranial hypertension

There are surgical options available for those patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) who have significant visual threat or visual deterioration despite best medical management or whose visual deterioration is rapid enough to warrant urgent intervention. Optic nerve sheath fenestra...