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Title: A New expandable cannula system for endoscopic evacuation of intraparenchymal hemorrhages
Related: Journal of neurosurgery, Vol. 111, Issue 6 (2009), p.1127-1130
DOI: 10.3171/2009.4.JNS081506
Publisher: American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Date: 2009
Author/Creator: Waran, Vicknes
Author/Creator: Vairavan, Narayanan
Author/Creator: Sia, Sheau Fung
Author/Creator: Abdullah, Basri
Description: The authors describe a newly developed expandable cannula to enable a more efficient use of an endoscope in removing intraparenchymal spontaneous hypertensive intracerebral hematomas. The cannula is introduced like a conventional brain cannula, using neuronavigation techniques to reach the targeted hematoma accurately, and, once deployed, conventional microsurgical techniques are used under direct endoscopic visualization. This method was used in 6 patients, and, based on the results of intraoperative intracranial pressure monitoring and postoperative CT scanning, the authors were able to achieve good hematoma removal. They found that by using the expandable cannula, efficient endoscopic surgery in the brain parenchyma was possible.
Description: 4 page(s)
Subject Keyword: expandable cannula
Subject Keyword: endoscope
Subject Keyword: intraparenchymal hemorrhage
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Australian School of Advanced Medicine

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