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Neurosurgical Review
Published in: Neurosurgical Review 1/2024

01-12-2024 | Hydrocephalus | Review

Structural and functional connectivity in hydrocephalus: a scoping review

Authors: Isabela Peña Pino, Emily Fellows, Robert A. McGovern III, Clark C. Chen, Carolina Sandoval-Garcia

Published in: Neurosurgical Review | Issue 1/2024

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Abstract

Optimizing the treatment of hydrocephalus remains a major challenge in adult and pediatric neurosurgery. Currently, clinical treatment relies heavily on anatomic imaging of ventricular size and clinical presentation. The emergence of functional and structural brain connectivity imaging has provided the basis for a new paradigm in the management of hydrocephalus. Here we review the pertinent advances in this field. Following PRISMA-ScR guidelines for scoping reviews, we searched PubMed for relevant literature from 1994 to April 2023 using hydrocephalus and MRI-related terms. Included articles reported original MRI data on human subjects with hydrocephalus, while excluding non-English or pre-1994 publications that didn't match the study framework. The review identified 44 studies that investigated functional and/or structural connectivity using various MRI techniques across different hydrocephalus populations. While there is significant heterogeneity in imaging technology and connectivity analysis, there is broad consensus in the literature that 1) hydrocephalus is associated with disruption of functional and structural connectivity, 2) this disruption in cerebral connectivity can be further associated with neurologic compromise 3) timely treatment of hydrocephalus restores both cerebral connectivity and neurologic compromise. The robustness and consistency of these findings vary as a function of patient age, hydrocephalus etiology, and the connectivity region of interest studied. Functional and structural brain connectivity imaging shows potential as an imaging biomarker that may facilitate optimization of hydrocephalus treatment. Future research should focus on standardizing regions of interest as well as identifying connectivity analysis most pertinent to clinical outcome.
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Metadata
Title
Structural and functional connectivity in hydrocephalus: a scoping review
Authors
Isabela Peña Pino
Emily Fellows
Robert A. McGovern III
Clark C. Chen
Carolina Sandoval-Garcia
Publication date
01-12-2024
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Neurosurgical Review / Issue 1/2024
Print ISSN: 0344-5607
Electronic ISSN: 1437-2320
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-024-02430-z

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