title: The role of the perforated segment of the ventricular catheter in cerebrospinal fluid leakage into the brain.
abstract: Two cases of gross post-operative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage along an indwelling ventricular catheter are reported. The CSF appeared to leak through the perforations of the ventricular catheter, as well as at the site of penetration of the ventricular wall. A small or slit ventricle with high intraventricular pressure may thus be a predisposing factor for this localized CSF collection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Madan
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Buxi
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Renjen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vohra
mesh_terms: D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000502:physiology*; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed