Michael A Williams, Sean J Nagel, Mark G Luciano, Norman Relkin, Thomas J Zwimpfer, Heather Katzen, Richard Holubkov, Abhay Moghekar, Jeffrey H Wisoff, Guy M McKhann, James Golomb, Richard J Edwards, Mark G Hamilton
OBJECTIVEThe authors describe the demographics and clinical characteristics of the first 517 patients enrolled in the Adult Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (AHCRN) during its first 2 years.METHODSAdults ≥ 18 years were nonconsecutively enrolled in a registry at 6 centers. Four categories of adult hydrocephalus were defined: transition (treated before age 18 years), unrecognized congenital (congenital pattern, not treated before age 18 years), acquired (secondary to known risk factors, treated or untreated), and suspected idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) (≥ age 65 years, not previously treated)...
May 24, 2019: Journal of Neurosurgery