caa a22 4500 477140262 CHVBK 20180405111730.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19970601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01138192 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01138192 Idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus in adults: Result of shunting correlated with clinical findings in 18 patients and review of the literature [Elektronische Daten] [Riccardo Caruso, Luigi Cervoni, Anna Vitale, Maurizio Salvati] The authors describe their findings in a study aimed at identifying clinical-prognostic factors in treatment of idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus. The study comprised 18 adult patients submitted to surgery for ventriculo-peritoneal shunting. The findings that emerged from this series of patients were compared with those reported for the 381 published cases. In our group of 18 patients, average age was 65 years and the average duration of clinical history was 47 months (median 18 months). Follow-up ranged from 3 to 5 years (median 4.2 years): 12 patients improved (9 completely) and 6 presented stable neurological deficits. The factors that had a statistically significant influence on outcome were a short clinical history (less than 6 months) (p = 0.05) and a clinical onset without dementia (p = 0.03). Patients with medium-grade preoperative ventricular enlargement always made a complete functional recovery after surgery (p = 0.2). Walter de Gruyter & Co, 1997 Normal pressure hydrocephalus nationallicence clinical picture nationallicence long term follow-up nationallicence Caruso Riccardo Neurological Mediterraneam "Neuromed” Institute IRCCS, Pozzilli (Is) aut Cervoni Luigi Neurological Mediterraneam "Neuromed” Institute IRCCS, Pozzilli (Is) aut Vitale Anna Department of Neurological Sciences, Neurosurgery, "La Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy aut Salvati Maurizio Department of Neurological Sciences, Neurosurgery, "La Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy aut Neurosurgical Review Springer-Verlag 20/2(1997-06-01), 104-107 0344-5607 20:2<104 1997 20 10143 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01138192 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01138192 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Caruso Riccardo Neurological Mediterraneam "Neuromed” Institute IRCCS, Pozzilli (Is) aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cervoni Luigi Neurological Mediterraneam "Neuromed” Institute IRCCS, Pozzilli (Is) aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vitale Anna Department of Neurological Sciences, Neurosurgery, "La Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Salvati Maurizio Department of Neurological Sciences, Neurosurgery, "La Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Neurosurgical Review Springer-Verlag 20/2(1997-06-01), 104-107 0344-5607 20:2<104 1997 20 10143 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer