title: FloSeal hemostatic matrix use for intraventricular hemorrhage during a neuroendoscopic procedure.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Neuroendoscopy is a rapidly growing field, but the risk of intraventricular hemorrhage is signficant. There are few novel ways of obtaining hemostasis for major hemorrhage described in the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 5-year-old boy with a history of intraventricular hemorrhage and multi-cystic hydrocephalus presented with worsening brainstem compression from dilation of a 4 (th) ventricle cyst.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During endoscopic surgery to fenestrate the cyst, arterial hemorrhage was emergently controlled with the hemostatic agent, FloSeal.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of a patient with intraoperative intraventricular hemorrhage controlled with FloSeal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of California Irvine, Orange, California 92868, USA. alreeves@uci.edu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reeves
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muhonen
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Loudon
mesh_terms: D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005781:Gelatin Sponge, Absorbable / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D044583:Neuroendoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D012086:Reoperation; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: C411004:FloSeal Matrix