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Hydrocephalus in the Elderly: Diagnosis of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

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Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is a neurological disorder of the elderly characterized by gait impairment, urinary urgency or incontinence, and dementia in association with enlargement of the cerebral ventricles secondary to impaired circulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), first described by Salomón Hakim in 1965. The only effective treatment of iNPH is CSF diversion with shunt surgery.

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  1. Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Albert M. Isaacs BSc, MD & Mark G. Hamilton MD, CM FRCSC, FAANS

  2. Adult Hydrocephalus Program, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Mark G. Hamilton MD, CM FRCSC, FAANS

  3. Adult and Transitional Hydrocephalus and CSF Disorders, Departments of Neurology and Neurological Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA

    Michael A. Williams MD, FAAN

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Isaacs, A.M., Hamilton, M.G., Williams, M.A. (2017). Hydrocephalus in the Elderly: Diagnosis of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. In: Berhouma, M., Krolak-Salmon, P. (eds) Brain and Spine Surgery in the Elderly. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40232-1_25

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