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Executive Function Improvement in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Following Shunt Surgery
The aim of this investigation was to evaluate improvement of executive functions after shunt surgery in patients with early normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). Patients with NPH were assessed before and after shunt surgery with tests shown to be sensitive to damage to the prefrontal cortex (PFC). S...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5444271/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19996515 http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-2009-0249 |
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author | Gleichgerrcht, Ezequiel Cervio, Andrés Salvat, Jorge Loffredo, Anselmo Rodríguez Vita, Luciana Roca, María Torralva, Teresa Manes, Facundo |
author_facet | Gleichgerrcht, Ezequiel Cervio, Andrés Salvat, Jorge Loffredo, Anselmo Rodríguez Vita, Luciana Roca, María Torralva, Teresa Manes, Facundo |
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description | The aim of this investigation was to evaluate improvement of executive functions after shunt surgery in patients with early normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). Patients with NPH were assessed before and after shunt surgery with tests shown to be sensitive to damage to the prefrontal cortex (PFC). Significant differences were found between basal and follow-up performances on the Boston Naming Test, the backwards digits span, Part B of the Trail Making Test, and the number of words produced on the phonological fluency task. In conclusion, our study reveals that patients with NPH who respond positively to continuous slow lumbar cerebral spinal fluid drainage and receive a ventriculoperitoneal shunt implant, improve their performance on tasks of executive function. Due to the high demand for this form of mental processing in real-life complex scenarios, and based on the severe executive deficits present in both demented and non-demented NPH patients, we encourage the assessment of executive functions in this clinical group. |
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spelling | pubmed-54442712017-06-05 Executive Function Improvement in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Following Shunt Surgery Gleichgerrcht, Ezequiel Cervio, Andrés Salvat, Jorge Loffredo, Anselmo Rodríguez Vita, Luciana Roca, María Torralva, Teresa Manes, Facundo Behav Neurol Research Article The aim of this investigation was to evaluate improvement of executive functions after shunt surgery in patients with early normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). Patients with NPH were assessed before and after shunt surgery with tests shown to be sensitive to damage to the prefrontal cortex (PFC). Significant differences were found between basal and follow-up performances on the Boston Naming Test, the backwards digits span, Part B of the Trail Making Test, and the number of words produced on the phonological fluency task. In conclusion, our study reveals that patients with NPH who respond positively to continuous slow lumbar cerebral spinal fluid drainage and receive a ventriculoperitoneal shunt implant, improve their performance on tasks of executive function. Due to the high demand for this form of mental processing in real-life complex scenarios, and based on the severe executive deficits present in both demented and non-demented NPH patients, we encourage the assessment of executive functions in this clinical group. IOS Press 2009 2009-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5444271/ /pubmed/19996515 http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-2009-0249 Text en Copyright © 2009 Hindawi Publishing Corporation and the authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Gleichgerrcht, Ezequiel Cervio, Andrés Salvat, Jorge Loffredo, Anselmo Rodríguez Vita, Luciana Roca, María Torralva, Teresa Manes, Facundo Executive Function Improvement in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Following Shunt Surgery |
title | Executive Function Improvement in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Following Shunt Surgery |
title_full | Executive Function Improvement in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Following Shunt Surgery |
title_fullStr | Executive Function Improvement in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Following Shunt Surgery |
title_full_unstemmed | Executive Function Improvement in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Following Shunt Surgery |
title_short | Executive Function Improvement in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Following Shunt Surgery |
title_sort | executive function improvement in normal pressure hydrocephalus following shunt surgery |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5444271/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19996515 http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-2009-0249 |
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