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. 2019 Jul-Sep;14(3):648–656. doi: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_14_19

Table 5.

Types of cerebrospinal fluid diversion procedures in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus patients

n Procedure Frequency (%)
1 LP shunt 55.1[2]
2 VP shunt 43.2[2], 69.8[46], 95.2[47]
3 VA shunt 30.2[46]
4 Ventriculo-epiplooic shunt[48]
5 ETV 4.8[46]

LP – Lumboperitoneal; VP – Ventriculoperitoneal; VA – Ventriculoartrial; ETV – Endoscopic third ventriculostomy