Studies have shown that this diagnostic method, despite the risks associated with it, actually proved even more predictive of the positive response to VP shunting than did the high-volume LP.

A French man experienced mild leg weakness, leading doctors to discover a rare case of chronic hydrocephalus. Despite extreme brain shrinkage, he lived a normal life, highlighting remarkable brain ...

Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH ... transient improvement in his gait for approximately 18 hours. A ventriculoperitoneal shunt was then inserted in the patient, and during a 1-year period ...

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, normal pressure hydrocephalus is a brain disorder ... for NPH has been a ventricular peritoneal (VP) shunt, an invasive procedure requiring a hole ...

Hydrocephalus is a condition in which excess ... The infection had also spread along his VP shunt (ventriculoperitoneal shunt), a procedure in which a tube is inserted into the brain to drain ...