Gastric Surgery for Pseudotumor Cerebri Associated with Severe Obesity

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Identifier 20000329_nanos_sciplatform3_03
Title Gastric Surgery for Pseudotumor Cerebri Associated with Severe Obesity
Creator Harvey J. Sugerman, MD; W. L. Felton, III, MD; A. Sismanis, MD; J. M. Kellum, Jr., MD; E. J. DeMaria, MD
Affiliation Richmond, Virginia
Subject Gastric Surgery; Pseudotumor Cerebri; Obesity; Intra-Abdominal Pressure; Weight Reduction Surgery
Description Previous studies suggest that pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) in obese women is secondary to obesity induced increased intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) leading to increased intra-thoracic, cardiac filling and jugular venous pressures. CSF-peritoneal shunts have a high failure rate, probably due to shunting from one high-pressure zone to another high-pressure zone. In an earlier study gastric bypass (GBP) surgery in 8 patients was shown to decrease CSF pressure from 353 - 35 to 168 - 12 mm H2O (p < 0.001) at 34 - 8 months after surgery with resolution of headaches.
Date 1999-03-18
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2000 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2000: Scientific Platform Presentations (Session III)
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2000. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6jd839x
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 182370
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jd839x
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