Ventriculoperitoneal shunting for idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
Seventeen patients treated with ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) for idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) were followed up for 1.8 to 12.8 years (mean 6.5 years). The ventricular catheter was inserted without any guidance device. VPS was effective on all clinical manifestations of IIH. Seven patients required one or two (a total of nine) surgical revisions. The revision rate was significantly less than in two similar series of patients treated with lumboperitoneal shunt.
Neuro-Ophthalmology Unit, Department of Ophthalmology, Lund University Hospital, Sweden. gunnel.bynke@skane.se
Gunnel
G
Bynke
Göran
G
Zemack
Hans
H
Bynke
Bertil
B
Romner
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010211:Papilledema / Q000628:therapy; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000295:instrumentation; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields