Management of Lumbo-Peritoneal Shunt Complications in Patients with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
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Lumbar peritoneal shunt in idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
AIM Treatment options for idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) are lumbar peritoneal shunt (LP), optic nerve fenestration, ventriculoperitoneal shunt and venous stenting. We report our experience of 24 cases of LP shunt. MATERIAL and METHODS All the patients had preoperative fundus examination, cerebrospinal fluid pressure estimation and examination, visual field charting, C...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2090-7125
DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2019.26355