Safe removal of retained ventricular catheters using intraluminal choroid plexus coagulation. Technical note.
The authors describe a simple technique that reduces the incidence of retained ventricular catheters and minimizes the risk of life-threatening intraventricular hemorrhage during the removal of an obstructed, adherent ventricular catheter in patients with hydrocephalus. The technique requires no special equipment and has been successfully used, without complications, in a prospective series of 12 patients with 13 blocked, adherent ventricular catheters.
D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D002648:Child; D002831:Choroid Plexus / Q000601:surgery*; D003972:Diathermy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D012449:Safety; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt