Placement of an external ventricular drain (EVD) allows cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to drain from the ventricles to an external collecting system. The main advantage of an EVD over a device that ...

The typical signs and symptoms of idiopathic NPH are shown. In a retrospective study involving 418 patients with shunt-responsive idiopathic NPH, 96% of the patients had gait difficulty, 76% had ...

Research headed by teams at the University of Rochester Center for Translational Medicine and the University of Copenhagen describes for the first time how a spreading wave of disruption and the flow ...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunts are implantable devices inserted by neurosurgeons to treat hydrocephalus. Shunt insertion and revision are the operations most commonly performed by pediatric ...