Emergency ventriculostomy-experience with a new screw device: Technical note

Carlo Schaller; Bernhard Meyer; Veit Rohde; Werner Hassler

doi:10.1227/00006123-199411000-00030

Emergency ventriculostomy-experience with a new screw device: Technical note

Carlo Schaller, Bernhard Meyer, Veit Rohde, Werner Hassler

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Abstract

EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, SUCH as acute hydrocephalus or ventricular hemorrhage, require immediate and reliable treatment by ventriculostomy. The method used has to be standardized, applicable in a fast manner, and associated with only minimum risk of infection. We present a recently developed set for external ventriculostomy, which meets the above-standing requirements, and which consists of a screw with self-biting thread, a metal cannula, and a special screwdriver. Ventriculostomy can be performed easily within 2 minutes, and the system can be fixed rigidly to the skull of the patient for a period of up to several weeks. Exchange of the cannula is possible within 1 minute. The system has been used in 90 cases so far, with a rate of possible infection of 1.1%.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	982-985
Number of pages	4
Journal	Neurosurgery
Volume	35
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-199411000-00030
State	Published - Nov 1994
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Acute hydrocephalus
Infection
Ventriculostomy

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