title: ISG viewing wand-guided endoscopic catheter placement for treatment of posterior fossa CSF collections.
abstract: Six patients presented with either entrapped fourth ventricles or noncommunicating cerebrospinal fluid collections of the posterior fossa requiring drainage. These collections were treated with shunt systems whose proximal catheter was placed into the fourth ventricle via a coronal burr hole using an endoscope guided by Eleckta's ISG Viewing Wand. The technique and its advantages are described as are the complications and early outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arginteanu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abbott
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Frempong
mesh_terms: D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002648:Child; D003616:Dandy-Walker Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019723:Endoscopes; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014696:Ventriculostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*