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  • Title: Outcome of shunt operation on urinary incontinence in normal pressure hydrocephalus predicted by lumbar puncture.
    Author: Ahlberg J, Norlén L, Blomstrand C, Wikkelsö C.
    Journal: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry; 1988 Jan; 51(1):105-8. PubMed ID: 3351510.
    Abstract:
    Bladder function in four patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus, one with dementia of Alzheimer type and five patients with multi-infarct dementia was studied by history and urodynamic tests (cystometry and Bor's ice water test). The bladder hyperactivity could be temporarily improved by a lumbar puncture and removal of 50 ml CSF and later abolished by a shunt operation in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus while no changes occurred in the other patients. Urodynamic testing in connection with a lumbar puncture may be a reliable way to predict the outcome of a shunt operation in cases of normal pressure hydrocephalus.
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