Clinical experience with a fiberoptic intracranial pressure monitor.
Retrospective clinical experience with our first 46 patients monitored with a fiberoptic intracranial pressure device is described. In 43 of 46 patients, the transducer was introduced into brain parenchyma. A ventriculostomy system was used in 3 of 46 patients. The monitoring system was generally characterized by ease of placement and system maintenance and by technical simplicity. Several problems were encountered, including breakage of system components (12%), erroneous readings requiring transducer repositioning (8.6%), epidural hematoma (3.4%), and infection (1.7%). No infections or hematomas occurred in the 3 cases in which the ventriculostomy system was used. Overall, our experience with the Camino intracranial pressure fiberoptic monitoring system confirms previous reports of its favorable features.
Yablon
J S
JS
Department of Neurosurgery, Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192.
Lantner
H J
HJ
McCormack
T M
TM
Nair
S
S
Barker
E
E
Black
P
P
D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012189:Retrospective Studies