title: The role of ventriculoperitoneal shunting in patients with supratentorial glioma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the impact of ventriculoperitoneal (VPS) in patients with glioma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective review of patients with grade II-IV glioma who had VPS placement from January 1995 to November 2012.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We identified 62 patients. At time of VPS, 41 had gait disturbance, 40 cognitive impairment and 16 urinary incontinence; 10 had the classic triad. Thirty-eight (61%) improved after VPS. Median overall survival from VPS was 7 months for all patients, but 11 months for those who improved and 2 months for non-responders. Leptomeningeal disease, glioma grade or radiographic ventricular decompression did not predict benefit.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  VPS can improve functional status in some patients with symptoms suggestive of hydrocephalus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York, 10065.
authors.forename: Macarena I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: de la Fuente
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York, 10065.
authors.forename: Lisa M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: DeAngelis