O papel do neurocirurgião no incremento da qualidade de vida em pacientes idosos: hidrocefalia de pressão normal e estreito lobar / The paper of the neurosurgeon in the increment of the quality of life in aged patients: hydrocephalus of normal pressure and lumbar narrow canal
Acta méd. (Porto Alegre)
;
29: 123-134, 2008.
Article
in Portuguese
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ABSTRACT
The purpose of the authors is to attempt to two fifferent diseases that usually are misdiagnosed in the generalist medical practice the lumbar spinal stenosis and the normal pressure lydrocephalus in the elderly. In this article, there is a review of clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment of these pathologies, with special attention to differential diagnosis, particular care and appropriate management of this group of patients by the neurosurgeo, intending t offer definitive resolution.
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Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Spinal Stenosis
/
Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure
Limits:
Aged
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Acta méd. (Porto Alegre)
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul/BR
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