A newly designed puncture needle for suction decompression of giant aneurysms. Technical note.
A newly designed puncture needle for aspirating large or giant aneurysms is described. This puncture needle represents a modification of an intravenous catheter with an internal needle. It is designed to prevent blood from leaking when the internal needle is removed and has a lateral tube for aspiration. Following aneurysm puncture with the parent artery temporarily trapped, the catheter is positioned on the head frame with a brain spatula and a self-retaining retractor. Blood is suctioned through the lateral tube with a syringe or the suction system normally used in the operating room.
Kyoshima
K
K
Department of Neurosurgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
Kobayashi
S
S
Wakui
K
K
Ichinose
Y
Y
Okudera
H
H
D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D009339:Needles; D013396:Suction / Q000295:instrumentation*