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Neuronavigation and Laparoscopy Guided Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Insertion for the Treatment of Hydrocephalus
Published on: October 14, 2022
Oxygen metabolism changes in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus before and after shunting
J Miyamoto1, K Tatsuzawa, Y Inoue
1Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamigyoku, Kyoto, Japan. miyapoo850@yahoo.co.jp
Objective:
The present study revealed the changes in cerebral oxygen metabolism before and after ventriculo-peritoneal shunt (VPS) using (15)O positron emission tomography ((15)O-PET).
Methods:
Eight patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (i-NPH) underwent VPS. A (15)O-PET study was undertaken before and approximately 3 months after VPS. In five patients, the symptoms improved based on the classification by Krauss et al. [Neurosurgery 1996;39:292] (good responders) after VPS. In three patients, the symptoms improved subjectively following VPS (poor responders). The changes in oxygen metabolism before and after VPS were analyzed.
Results:
The postoperative regional cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen (rCMRO(2)) of the good responders increased significantly. The postoperative regional oxygen extraction fraction (rOEF) is reduced in the poor responders.
Conclusion:
The improvement of rCMRO(2) correlated with the response to VPS. Significant changes in rOEF might predict poor response to VPS.
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