title: Balloon needle for the atraumatic transcortical ventricular approach: technical note.
abstract: We have designed a double-lumen inflatable needle for the atraumatic dissection of brain substance. This balloon needle has been successfully used for the ventricular approach in brain grafting procedures to obtain a rounded corticotomy with a diameter of 1.5-2 cm in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico La Raza, México City, México.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Madrazo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Franco-Bourland
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aguilera
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guízar-Sahagún
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D009339:Needles; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000601:surgery