Ryuji Sakakibara, Yoshitaka Uchida, Kazunari Ishii, Masaaki Hashimoto, Masaaki Ishikawa, Hiromitsu Kazui, Tatsuya Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Uchiyama, Fuyuki Tateno, Masahiko Kishi, Yohei Tsuyusaki, Yosuke Aiba, Hiromi Tateno, Takeki Nagao, Hitoshi Terada, Tsutomu Inaoka
AIMS OF STUDY: It is reported that severe bladder disorder in idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is predicted by right frontal hypoperfusion. However, it is not known whether bladder recovery is predicted by brain perfusion change after shunt surgery. To address this issue, we compared bladder and brain function before and after shunt surgery in iNPH. METHODS: We enrolled 75 patients in the study. Before and 12 months after shunt surgery, we analyzed brain perfusion by SPECT and bladder disorder by a specialized grading scale...
February 2016: International Urology and Nephrology