title: External Ventricular Catheter Placement: How to Improve.
abstract: This cadaveric study outlines the efficiency, safety and precision of cerebral ventricular catheter placement comparing classical freehand technique using anatomical landmarks, neuronavigation and XperCT-guided assistance.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurochirurgie, Département de Neurosciences cliniques, Faculté de Médecine et Hôpitaux, Universitaires de Genève, RueGabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, Genève 14, 1211, Switzerland. philippe.bijlenga@hcuge.ch.
authors.forename: P D Philippe
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Bijlenga
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurochirurgie, Département de Neurosciences cliniques, Faculté de Médecine et Hôpitaux, Universitaires de Genève, RueGabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, Genève 14, 1211, Switzerland.
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Gautschi
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurochirurgie, Département de Neurosciences cliniques, Faculté de Médecine et Hôpitaux, Universitaires de Genève, RueGabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, Genève 14, 1211, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Sarrafzadeh
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurochirurgie, Département de Neurosciences cliniques, Faculté de Médecine et Hôpitaux, Universitaires de Genève, RueGabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, Genève 14, 1211, Switzerland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schaller
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D038361:Neuronavigation / Q000379:methods*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011677:Punctures; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: External ventricular drain placement; Neuronavigation