cqvip:Seventeen patients treated with ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) for idiopathi c intracranial hypertension (IIH) were followed up for 1.8 to 12.8 years (mean 6 .5 years). The ventricular catheter was inserted without any guidance device. VP S was effective on all clinical manifestations of IIH. Seven patients required o ne or two (a total of nine) surgical revisions. The revision rate was significan tly less than in two similar series of patients treated with lumboperitoneal shu nt.
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