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. 2024 Oct 5;14:23238. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-73750-9

Table 1.

Summary of patient demographics, underlying conditions and interventions.

Patients 325
Mean age (years) 40.1 + /- 15.1
Gender (F/M [%]) 229/96 [70.5/29.5]
Primary pathology (%)

IIH = 97 (29.8)

Chiari-Syringomyelia = 61 (18.8)

Tumour / SOL = 32 (9.8)

Congenital = 18 (5.5)

NPH = 15 (4.6)

Aqueductal Stenosis = 13 (4.0)

LOVA = 10 (3.1)

CSF leak = 8 (2.5)

Neurovascular = 3 (0.9)

Traumatic brain injury = 3 (0.9)

Non-specific = 65 (20.0)

Median days between ICPM and MRI (IQR) 31 (7–60)
Prior intervention (%)

None = 181 (55.7)

VPS = 88 (27.1)

LPS = 17 (5.2)

FMD = 6 (1.8)

VSS = 5 (1.5)

ETV = 3 (0.9)

CFO = 3 (0.9)

VAS = 2 (0.6)

CPS = 2 (0.6)

EVD = 2 (0.6)

Multiple = 16 (4.9)

Surgical intervention following ICP / MRI (%)

No further surgical intervention = 239 (73.5)

VPS = 59 (18.1)

LPS = 6 (1.8)

LD = 5 (1.5)

FMD = 5 (1.5)

CFO = 3 (0.9)

VSS = 2 (0.6)

EVD = 1 (0.3)

VAS = 1 (0.3)

SPS = 1 (0.3)

Multiple = 3 (0.9)

CFO cyst fenestration with Ommaya reservoir insertion; CPS cysto-peritoneal shunt; ETV endoscopic third ventriculostomy; EVD external ventricular drain ;FMD foramen magnum decompression; ICPM intracranial pressure monitoring; IIH = idiopathic intracranial hypertension; IQR interquartile range; LD lumbar drain;LOVA long standing overt ventriculomegaly in adults; LPS lumboperitoneal shunt; NPH normal pressure hydrocephalus; SOL space-occupying lesion; SPS syringo-pleural shunt; VAS ventriculo-atrial shunt; VPS ventriculoperitoneal shunt; VSS venous sinus stenting.