Extended lumbar drain trials for diagnostic evaluation of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus with the Berg Balance Scale
While daily improvements in BBS score are seen during the ELD trial, achievement of MDC thresholds primarily happens by day 2. These data suggest that for patients who meet the MDC, limiting the ELD trial to 2 days could reduce costs without compromising the diagnostic utility of the ELD.
Authors
- Rushmin Khazanchi
- Matthew C. Tate (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0206-7722)
- Nishanth S. Sadagopan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8083-1696)
- Joshua M. Rosenow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7726-2496)
- Stephen T. Magill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5257-7835)
- Khizar Rehan Nandoliya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6616-4388)
- Matthew B. Potts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0534-5097)
- Amr Alwakeal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5440-3874)
- Ethan J. Houskamp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2090-562X)
- Rahul Kishore Chaliparambil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4345-5393)
- Hui Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6825-5649)
- James P. Chandler
- Maciej S. Lesniak
- Samantha Kennedy
- Sachin Govind
- Jenna Grivas
- Daniella Cannone
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- American Physical Therapy Association (US)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of neurosurgery
- Published
- 2025-05-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.1.jns242354
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.91