One-year outcome of a lumboperitoneal shunt in older adults with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

• Published in: Frontiers in surgery Vol. 9; p. 977123
• Main Authors: Fang, Xuhao, Deng, Yao, Xu, Xinxin, Shu, Weiquan, Tang, Feng, Li, Shihong, Zhu, Ting, Zhang, Li, Zhong, Ping, Mao, Renling
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A 21.09.2022
• Subjects: complication; functional improvement; idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus; lumboperitoneal shunt; Surgery; symptomatic improvement

Lumboperitoneal shunt (LPS) is now an effective surgical modality for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH), but there is still a lack of clinical data on LPS in older adult iNPH patients in China. We aim to report the shunt effect and the complications of older adult iNPH patients treated...