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Inclusion Criteria: * Age \>21; * One or more of the following complaints: memory loss/dementia, urinary incontinence, or progressive gait disturbance * Ventriculomegaly defined as temporal horn width \>2 mm or a FH:ID ratio\>30% on computed tomography or MRI, where FH is the maximal distance between the frontal horns and ID is the internal diameter from inner table to inner table of the skull at this level (Greenberg) * A diagnosis of any adult onset hydrocephalus (NPH, post-traumatic, post-hemorrhagic, obstructive, or idiopathic) will be considered for enrollment in this study Exclusion Criteria: * Implanted neuro-stimulator or cardiac pacemaker * Known coagulopathy; major organ dysfunction * End-stage congestive heart failure * Oxygen-dependent pulmonary disease, hepatic cirrhosis, or dialysis- dependent renal failure; or other condition which, according to the assessment of the treating surgeon or anesthesia team * Precludes consideration of elective surgery * Patients who may be pregnant will be excluded from this study as well