title: Diagnostic-therapeutic ventriculocystostomy.
abstract: Simple diagnostic-therapeutic ventriculocystostomy is described. Arachnoid, intracerebral, or intraventricular cysts are permanently connected with the ventricles by a Kifa red catheter with spirally situated holes. The pressure balance and the connection with a physiological space for resorption is maintained in this simple way. Twenty patients have been operated on over a 2-year period with good results.
mesh_terms: D001099:Arachnoid; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000295:instrumentation; D002648:Child; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D014696:Ventriculostomy / Q000295:instrumentation