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. 1988 Jan;51(1):105-8.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.51.1.105.

Outcome of shunt operation on urinary incontinence in normal pressure hydrocephalus predicted by lumbar puncture

J Ahlberg  1 , L Norlén, C Blomstrand, C Wikkelsö
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Outcome of shunt operation on urinary incontinence in normal pressure hydrocephalus predicted by lumbar puncture

J Ahlberg et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1988 Jan.

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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