Real-time transfontanellar ultrasound-guided biventricular catheter placement for revision surgery: technical note

Abstract Background Proximal catheterization failure is believed to be the result of obstruction of the catheter by the choroid plexus. Optimal catheter placement can reduce proximal catheter failure. It has been reported that placement of ventricular catheters with stereotaxy, ultrasound, and endos...

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Main Authors: Mehmet Seçer, Zeynep Nigar Varlıbaş, Osman Arıkan Nacar, Kadir Çınar, Murat Ulutaş
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41984-019-0032-0