Stereotactic catheter insertion: a new technique.
In spite of modern instrumentation that is widely available, inaccurate and even crude techniques are still occasionally used for puncturing cavities within the cranial cavity. Thus, a standardized technique for intracranial puncturing, based on stereotaxy, is suggested and illustrated by some clinical cases.
D001099:Arachnoid / Q000002:abnormalities; D001921:Brain / Q000601:surgery*; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000601:surgery; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000379:methods; D002946:Cisterna Magna; D003560:Cysts / Q000601:surgery; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques