ArticleActa neurochirurgica2022
Waiting time for surgery influences the outcome in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus - a population-based study.
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- Predictors of Satisfactory Surgical Outcome in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (Review).Sovremennye tekhnologii v meditsine · 2024Pooled it
- Ventricular volumetry in relation to clinical response and overdrainage after shunt surgery in idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus: a three-year prospective study.Fluids and barriers of the CNS · 2026Article
- Ethical aspects of waiting lists in neurosurgery.Acta neurochirurgica · 2026Review
- Clinical characteristics and outcomes after shunt surgery in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus with or without prior cerebrospinal fluid tap testing: a single-center follow-up study of 481 patients.Fluids and barriers of the CNS · 2026Article
- Age at time of surgery does not influence outcome in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus - a national quality registry study of 3082 patients.Acta neurochirurgica · 2025Article
- Blinded gait assessment in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: reliability and correlation with clinical and patient-reported outcomes.Fluids and barriers of the CNS · 2025Article
- Time Course of Symptoms in Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus: A Systematic Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Deformation of brain in normal pressure hydrocephalus is more readily associated with slow vasomotion rather than heartbeat related pulsations of intracranial pressure.Fluids and barriers of the CNS · 2025Article
- Gait characteristics in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: A controlled study using an inertial sensor system.PloS one · 2025Observational
- Symptoms and signs did not predict outcome after surgery: a prospective study of 143 patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus.Journal of neurology · 2024Observational
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- Association of gait and cognition after surgery in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Longitudinal neuropsychological trajectories in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: a population-based study.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: postoperative patient perspective and quality of life.Acta neurochirurgica · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionIdiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is a disease that comes with a great impact on the patient's life. The only treatment for iNPH, which is a progressive disease, is shunt surgery. It is previously indicated that early intervention might be of importance for the outcome.
aimTo investigate if a longer waiting time for surgery, negatively influences the clinical outcome.
methodsEligible for this study were all iNPH patients (n = 3007) registered in the Swedish Hydrocephalus Quality Registry (SHQR) during 1
resultsThree months after surgery, 57% of the patients with ≤ 3 months waiting time showed an improvement in modified iNPH scale (≥ 5 points) whereas 52% and 46% of patients with 3.1-5.9 and ≥ 6 months waiting time respectively improved (p = 0.0115). At 12 months of follow-up, the corresponding numbers were 61%, 52% and 51% respectively (p = 0.0536).
conclusionsThis population-based study showed that in patients with iNPH, shunt surgery should be performed within 3 months of decision to surgery, to attain the best outcome.
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