Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: A critical analysis of its underrepresentation across Italian medical-scientific societies in the last 5 years

IF 0.7 4区医学 Q4 NEUROSCIENCES

Neurocirugia Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1016/j.neucir.2024.10.011

Gianpaolo Petrella , Giuseppe Demichele , Daniele Armocida , Graziano Taddei , Alessandro Frati , Angelo Pompucci , Alessandro Pesce

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Abstract

Background

The scientific debate concerning clinical, translational and surgical aspects of iNPH could still be limited in respect to the incidence of this condition. The aim of this paper is to systematically assess the extent of the debate on INPH in the context of the congresses of the relevant medical and scientific societies in our Country.

Methods

We thoroughly examined the websites and scientific programs of 12 leading scientific societies linked to medical specialities involved in diagnosis and management of INPH, among which the neurological, neurosurgical, neurophysiological, rehabilitation medicine and urologic societies. The amount of time (in hours) was examined in a time span of events which took place between 2019 and 2023.

Results

Notably, across 4 years (2019–2023), a total of 7 out of 12 (58.3%) of the aforementioned leading scientific societies dedicated a total of zero minutes to the topic “iNPH”, two further societies hosted talks for a total of less than one hours concerning such condition. The amount of time dedicated to giant intracranial aneurysms and vestibular schwannomas was in respect to the incidence of the conditions, significantly longer than the time spent debating on iNPH.

Conclusions

The results demonstrates that in our country, despite the high and increasing incidence of INPH, the awareness raised on the topic could still be limited, especially compared to other, significantly rarer intracranial conditions such as giant intracranial aneurysms and vestibular schwannomas.

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背景就 iNPH 的发病率而言，有关该病的临床、转化和外科方面的科学讨论仍然有限。本文旨在系统评估在我国相关医学和科学学会的大会上有关 INPH 的讨论程度。方法我们全面检查了 12 个主要科学学会的网站和科学计划，这些学会与涉及 INPH 诊断和管理的医学专业相关，其中包括神经学、神经外科、神经生理学、康复医学和泌尿学学会。结果值得注意的是，在 4 年内（2019-2023 年），上述 12 个主要科学学会中，共有 7 个学会（58.3%）在 "iNPH "这一主题上总共投入了 0 分钟，另有两个学会举办的有关该疾病的讲座总共不到 1 小时。结果表明，在我国，尽管 INPH 的发病率很高，而且还在不断上升，但人们对这一主题的认识仍然有限，尤其是与其他更为罕见的颅内疾病（如颅内巨大动脉瘤和前庭裂神经瘤）相比。

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Neurocirugia 医学-神经科学

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1.30

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60 days

期刊介绍： Neurocirugía is the official Journal of the Spanish Society of Neurosurgery (SENEC). It is published every 2 months (6 issues per year). Neurocirugía will consider for publication, original clinical and experimental scientific works associated with neurosurgery and other related neurological sciences. All manuscripts are submitted for review by experts in the field (peer review) and are carried out anonymously (double blind). The Journal accepts works written in Spanish or English.