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Table 2 Shunt management of the patients with secondary deterioration with the exclusion of the patients with overdrainage

From: Secondary deterioration in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus after ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement: a proposed algorithm of treatment

 

Shunt insufficiency (N = 14)

Secondary non-responder (N = 26)

Test and p-value

Valve pressure (0–30 mmH2O) (N)

14

26

Fisher’s exact test

p = ns

Shuntography (N)

8

14

Fisher’s exact test

p = ns

Implantation of an adjustable ASD (N)

6

7

Fisher’s exact test

p = ns

Catheter replacement (N)

0

0

 
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