Haan J, Thomeer R T
Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Neurosurgery. 1988 Feb;22(2):388-91. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198802000-00020.
In a prospective study on the effect of shunting, 22 patients diagnosed as suffering from normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) were investigated by means of temporary external lumbar drainage (ELD). Five patients had to be excluded from the study because of complications of ELD or definitive shunting. ELD correctly predicted the outcome of shunting in all of the remaining 17 patients. The value of external lumbar drainage in NPH is discussed on the basis of personal experience and data from the literature. It seems to be a safe and valuable tool for predicting the outcome of definitive shunting procedures.
在一项关于分流术效果的前瞻性研究中，对22例被诊断为正常压力脑积水（NPH）的患者进行了临时腰大池外引流（ELD）检查。由于ELD或确定性分流术的并发症，有5例患者不得不被排除在研究之外。ELD正确预测了其余17例患者分流术的结果。基于个人经验和文献数据，讨论了腰大池外引流在NPH中的价值。它似乎是预测确定性分流手术结果的一种安全且有价值的工具。
