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2017292

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-5-21
pubmed:abstractText
46 patients, 24 males and 22 females (mean age: 68.3 years), with chronic hydrocephalus were operated on by a variable-resistance, flow-regulated shunt. The selecting criteria before surgery were essentially clinical (association of gait disturbances, dementia and urinary incontinence, positive lumbar puncture withdrawal test) in consideration with the retrospective and cooperative study of this series. Hydrocephalus had an etiology in 23 cases (50%): 4 cases of trauma (8%), 9 cases of tumors (20%), 9 cases of subarachnoid haemorrhage (20%) and 1 case of infection (2%). The average follow-up is 17 months (median: 12 months). 20 patients (43.5%) have an excellent result (normal life), 16 patients (34.8%) have a good result (residual symptomatology compatible with a self-governing life), 5 patients (10.9%) have a poor result (residual symptomatology non compatible with a self-governing life), 2 patients (4.3%) have a bad result (unchanged symptomatology). 3 patients died after the surgical procedure. 3 patients had an infectious complication of their shunt (actuarial risk of infectious complication at one year and a half: 7%). 2 patients presented a non infectious complication, one chronic subdural hematoma and one bad insertion of the proximal catheter (actuarial risk of mechanical complication at one year and a half: 4.4%).
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0028-3770
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
40-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
[Treatment of chronic hydrocephalus in adults by flow-regulated shunt. Apropos of a series of 46 patients].
pubmed:affiliation
Service de Neurochirurgie, C.H.U. Bretonneau, Tours.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, English Abstract, Review, Multicenter Study