Mayo Clinic proceedings
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Mayo Clinic proceedings · Jun 2002
Use of cerebrospinal fluid flow rates measured by phase-contrast MR to predict outcome of ventriculoperitoneal shunting for idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus.
To determine whether favorable clinical response and magnitude of improvement are associated with increased aqueductal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow rates in patients who undergo ventriculoperitoneal shunting (VPS) for idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). ⋯ Among patients who underwent VPS for the treatment of NPH, measurement of CSF flow through the cerebral aqueduct did not reliably predict which patients would improve after shunting or the magnitude of improvement.