title: Rapid bedside technique for percutaneous ventricular drainage in patients with severe subarachnoid haemorrhage. Technical note.
abstract: Using immediate ventricular drainage and aggressive postoperative therapy, poor-grade patients suffering ruptured cerebral aneurysms could have a greater opportunity for meaningful recovery. This treatment protocol is facilitated by percutaneous ventricular drainage at the bedside. A simple and less invasive technique reported here is particularly useful for neurosurgeons responsible for the treatment of severe subarachnoid haemorrhage on an emergency basis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Fuchu Hospital, Japan.
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aoki
mesh_terms: D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery*; D014696:Ventriculostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*