title: The small-chamber irrigation technique (SCIT): a simple maneuver for managing intraoperative hemorrhage during endoscopic intraventricular surgery.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Acute intraoperative intraventricular hemorrhage is a feared event in endoscopic neurosurgical procedures.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe the small-chamber irrigation technique (SCIT) for intraoperative endoscopic management of intraventricular hemorrhage.
  
  
  METHODS
  The SCIT was used in intraventricular surgery for hydrocephalus, intraventricular tumors requiring biopsy, arachnoid cysts, and colloid cysts.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Intraventricular hemorrhage was successfully managed endoscopically with a combination of the SCIT, routine irrigation, and coagulation, allowing for completion of the primary procedures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The SCIT is a powerful tool that the neuroendoscopist can use for visualization to achieve hemostasis when performing intraventricular endoscopic surgery.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida; ‡Department of Neurosurgery, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; §Department of Neurosurgery, University Medicine, Greifswald, Germany.
authors.forename: Jotham C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Manwaring
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El Damaty
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baldauf
authors.forename: Henry W S
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Schroeder
mesh_terms: D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D056364:Colloid Cysts / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery; D044583:Neuroendoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome