Is there any research that might show a link between the ...

The only information on this that I could find is in the link below:

Look for Crawford (1986) and read until you get to Benatar(1994). It's only 3 small paragraphs but I think it does show a small link between pseudarthrosis and hydrocephalus.

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It would be incredibly helpful if someone could translate the medical jargon into layman's terms. I am a 33 year old Myelomeningocele patient with associating hydrocephalus, who has just been diagnosed with a secondary spinal pseudarthrosis. I've been having increasingly intense and increasingly prolonged headaches, and I am wondering if the two may be connected, or whether it's possible to rule put this correlational link

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I am a 33 year old with Myelomeningocele and secondary hydrocephalus. I was also recently diagnosed with Pseudarthrosis of the spine, and have been developing increasingly worsening headaches. I was simply trying to find information whether the pseudarthrosis might be affecting the spinal fluid flow to back up that might cause the headaches despite having a fully functioning shunt

Have you been treated in any ways for the pseudoarthrosis? What level of spine (lumbar / cervical) is the pseudoarthrosis located?
Have any recent MRIs / CTs been done for checking the shunt functioning/ intracranial pressure?
is ther eany family history of headaches/ migraine?
Do you get any visual symptoms with the headaches?
You need to be evaluated in terms of a fundus (eye examination), the blood pressure, and the regular checkup for a headache needs to be completed.
Your problem of headaches may / may not be related to your hydrocephalus.
The weblink that has been sent to you previously does not discuss your specific issue.
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