Surgical Management of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension in Pregnancy

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Title Surgical Management of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension in Pregnancy
Creator Sam Karimaghaei; Subahari Raviskanthan; Cina Karimaghaei; Peter W. Mortensen; Amina I. Malik; Yi J. Zhang; Andrew G. Lee
Affiliation McGovern Medical School (SK), The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas; Department of Ophthalmology (SR, PWM, AIM, AGL), Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas; Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology (SR), Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Neurology (SR), Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Neurology (SR), Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; School of Medicine (CK), University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; Department of Neurosurgery (YJZ), Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas; Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery (AGL), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York; Department of Ophthalmology (AGL), University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (AGL), Houston, Texas; Texas College of Medicine (AGL), Bryan, Texas; and Department of Ophthalmology (AGL), The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
Abstract Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a disease typically affecting overweight or obese women of childbearing age and characterized by increased intracranial pressure (ICP) without an alternative etiology. The annual incidence of IIH has; been increasing over time, strongly correlated with increasing obesity (1).
Subject Intracranial Hypertension; Pregnancy; Pseudotumor Cerebri; Surgery
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Date 2022-12
Date Digital 2022-12
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Language eng
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Publication Type Journal Article
Source Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, December 2022, Volume 42, Issue 4
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
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