Goh, Eng Tah and Lock, Christine and Tan, Audrey Jia Luan and Tan, Bee Ling and Liang, Sai and Pillay, Robin and Kumar, Sumeet and Ahmad Annuar, Azlina and Narayanan, Vairavan and Kwok, Janell and Tan, Yi Jayne and Ng, Adeline S. L. and Tan, Eng King and Czosnyka, Zofia and Czosnyka, Marek and Pickard, John D. and Keong, Nicole C. (2022) Clinical outcomes after ventriculo-peritoneal shunting in patients with classic vs. complex NPH. Frontiers in Neurology, 13. ISSN 1664-2295, DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.868000.
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ObjectiveNormal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a neurological condition characterized by a clinical triad of gait disturbance, cognitive impairment, and urinary incontinence in conjunction with ventriculomegaly. Other neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and vascular dementia share some overlapping clinical features. However, there is evidence that patients with comorbid NPH and Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease may still exhibit good clinical response after CSF diversion. This study aims to evaluate clinical responses after ventriculo-peritoneal shunt (VPS) in a cohort of patients with coexisting NPH and neurodegenerative disease. MethodsThe study has two components; (i) a pilot study was performed that specifically focused upon patients with Complex NPH and following the inclusion of the Complex NPH subtype into consideration for the clinical NPH programme, (ii) a retrospective snapshot study was performed to confirm and characterize differences between Classic and Complex NPH patients being seen consecutively over the course of 1 year within a working subspecialist NPH clinic. We studied the characteristics of patients with Complex NPH, utilizing clinical risk stratification and multimodal biomarkers. ResultsThere was no significant difference between responders and non-responders to CSF diversion on comorbidity scales. After VPS insertion, significantly more Classic NPH patients had improved cognition compared to Complex NPH patients (p = 0.005). Improvement in gait and urinary symptoms did not differ between the groups. 26% of the Classic NPH group showed global improvement of the triad, and 42% improved in two domains. Although only 8% showed global improvement of the triad, all Complex NPH patients improved in gait. ConclusionsOur study has demonstrated that the presence of neurodegenerative disorders co-existing with NPH should not be the sole barrier to the consideration of high-volume tap test or lumbar drainage via a specialist NPH programme. Further characterization of distinct cohorts of NPH with differing degrees of CSF responsiveness due to overlay from neurodegenerative or comorbidity risk burden may aid toward more precise prognostication and treatment strategies. We propose a simplistic conceptual framework to describe NPH by its Classic vs. Complex subtypes to promote the clinical paradigm shift toward subspecialist geriatric neurosurgery by addressing needs for rapid screening tools at the clinical-research interface.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | National Neuroscience Institute Center Grant (Grant No: NCG CS03), UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) Medical Research Council UK (MRC) (Grant No: NMRC/TA/0024/2013 & MOH-CSAINV18nov-0005) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Neurodegenerative disease; Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH); Parkinson's disease; Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt (VPS) |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry R Medicine > RD Surgery |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Biomedical Science Department Faculty of Medicine > Surgery Department |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Nov 2023 02:51 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Nov 2023 02:51 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/41616 |
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