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CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ABSORPTION MECHANISM:BASED ON MEASUREMENT OF CSF FLOW RATE IN SHUNT TUBE Mitsuhiro Hara 1 , Masanao Nakamura 1 , Chikafusa Kadowaki 1 , Hitoshi Watanabe 1 , Toshiyuki Shiogai 1 , Mitsuo Numoto 1 , Kazuo Takeuchi 1 1Department of Neurosurgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine pp.365-370
Published Date 1985/4/1
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1406205496
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The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) absorption me-chanism in cases of hydrocephalus was investigated on the basis of measurements of CSF flow in a shunt tube after ventriculo-peritoneal shunt sur-gery, monitoring of intracranial pressure, CT find-ings, radioisotope cisternography, cerebral blood flow, EEG, PSP tests and changes in neurological findings.

The subjects were 6 males and 7 females aged from 18 to 70. CSF flow rates in the shunt tubes were between 0.01 and 1.93 ml/min. Calculating the daily volume of CSF flow, the subjects were divided into two groups : Group A (8 patients) with a volume of less than 150 ml/day (0.01-0.25 ml/min), and Group B (5 patients) with between 150 and 500 ml/day (0.01-1.93ml/min).

Monitoring of intracranial pressure prior to the shunt operation was performed in 10 cases. These pressure values ranged between 4 and 25 mmHg(mean : 7-8 mmHg), and there was no difference between the two groups.

The pre-and post-operative radioisotope cister-nography findings indicated improvement of vent-ricular dilatation, periventricular lucency and ventricular reflux.

After the shunt operations, there was neurolo-gical improvement in 6 of the 8 Group A cases but only in 2 of the 5 Group B cases.

Considering the CSF flow volumes of the two groups, it appears that in Group A the shunt tube is not the main CSF circulation pathway. This could mean that resistance to CSF absorption in the cerebrospinal space has decreased after the shunt operation and there has been recovery of the physiological CSF absorption pathways. In other words, neurological improvement can be expetced in this group A.


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