title: Anatomy and physiology of cisternostomy.
abstract: Cisternostomy is defined as opening the basal cisterns to atmospheric pressure. This technique helps to reduce the intracranial pressure in severe head trauma as well as other conditions when the so-called sudden "brain swelling" troubles the surgeon. We elaborated the surgical anatomy of this procedure as well as the proposed physiology of how cisternostomy works. This novel technique may change the current trends in neurosurgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, Nepal.
authors.forename: Iype
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cherian
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grasso
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bernardo
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Munakomi
mesh_terms: D002946:Cisterna Magna / Q000601:surgery*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008866:Microsurgery; D014696:Ventriculostomy