CSF Pressure and Velocity in Obstructions of the Subarachnoid Spaces

Neuroradiology Journal - Tập 26 Số 2 - Trang 218-226 - 2013
Karen-Helene Støverud1, Hans Petter Langtangen1, Victor M. Haughton2, Kent‐André Mardal1
1Center for Biomedical Computing, Simula Research Laboratory, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo; Oslo, Norway
2Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

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According to some theories, obstruction of CSF flow produces a pressure drop in the subarachnoid space in accordance with the Bernoulli theorem that explains the development of syringomyelia below the obstruction. However, Bernoulli's principle applies to inviscid stationary flow unlike CSF flow. Therefore, we performed a series of computational experiments to investigate the relationship between pressure drop, flow velocities, and obstructions under physiologic conditions. We created geometric models with dimensions approximating the spinal subarachnoid space with varying degrees of obstruction. Pressures and velocities for constant and oscillatory flow of a viscid fluid were calculated with the Navier-Stokes equations. Pressure and velocity along the length of the models were also calculated by the Bernoulli equation and compared with the results from the Navier-Stokes equations. In the models, fluid velocities and pressure gradients were approximately inversely proportional to the percentage of the channel that remained open. Pressure gradients increased minimally with 35% obstruction and with factors 1.4, 2.2 and 5.0 respectively with 60, 75 and 85% obstruction. Bernoulli's law underestimated pressure changes by at least a factor 2 and predicted a pressure increase downstream of the obstruction, which does not occur. For oscillatory flow the phase difference between pressure maxima and velocity maxima changed with the degree of obstruction. Inertia and viscosity which are not factored into the Bernoulli equation affect CSF flow. Obstruction of CSF flow in the cervical spinal canal increases pressure gradients and velocities and decreases the phase lag between pressure and velocity.

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Neuroradiology Journal

Tập 26 Số 2

218-226

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