The current treatment for NPH is shunt surgery. The disease mechanisms of NPH remain unclear, and its genetics have been studied only in a limited context. However, the idiopathic form of NPH has ...

This causes pressure on the brain. For 60 years, the only treatment for NPH has been a ventricular peritoneal (VP) shunt, an invasive procedure requiring a hole drilled in the skull to drain ...

People with NPH also may have mild dementia and bladder ... A ventriculoperitoneal shunt was then inserted in the patient, and during a 1-year period his symptoms gradually improved.

NPH remains a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge (Vanneste, 2000). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or CT studies reveal significantly increased CSF in the ventricles of the brain and decreased ...

The eShunt System is the only endovascular shunt and the first new treatment option developed for NPH since the standard of care was introduced more than 60 years ago. "The treatment of the first ...