title: Efficacy of Lumboperitoneal Shunting in Patients with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effectiveness of lumboperitoneal (LP) shunt procedures in the treatment of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH).
  
  
  METHODS
  A medical record review was conducted to obtain demographic, clinical, laboratory data, as well as pre-, intra, -postoperative details of 65 patients who underwent LP shunt surgery for NPH between January 1, 2001 and January 1, 2014 in the Neurosurgery Clinics of Ankara Training and Research Hospital and Ankara Numune Hospital.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At the 3rd month after LP shunt surgery, headache was resolved in almost all patients. At the end of first year, while statistically significant improvements were noted in the Modified Rankin Scale Scores and Mini-Mental State Examination Scores, gait disturbance, urinary incontinence and cognitive functions were improved by 86%, 72% and 65% of the patients, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  LP shunt surgery is associated with a lower rate of complication in comparison to ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery and is an effective procedure in the treatment of NPH.
authors.affiliation: Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Akif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bayar
authors.forename: Ayhan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tekiner
authors.forename: Haydar
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Guner
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Menekse
authors.forename: Timur
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alagoz
authors.forename: Yahya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guvenc
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Erdem
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D006850:Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000379:methods*