title: Clinical experience with a fiberoptic intracranial pressure monitor.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Yablon
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lantner
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: McCormack
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barker
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Black
mesh_terms: 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