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Intracranial Pressure and Brain Monitoring XV pp 161–164Cite as

External Ventricular Catheter Placement: How to Improve

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Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement ((NEUROCHIRURGICA,volume 122))

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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.

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  1. Service de Neurochirurgie, Département de Neurosciences cliniques, Faculté de Médecine et Hôpitaux, Universitaires de Genève, RueGabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, Genève 14, 1211, Switzerland

    P. D. Philippe Bijlenga MD, PhD, O. P. Gautschi, A. S. Sarrafzadeh & K. Schaller

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore, Singapore

    Beng-Ti Ang

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Bijlenga, P.D.P., Gautschi, O.P., Sarrafzadeh, A.S., Schaller, K. (2016). External Ventricular Catheter Placement: How to Improve. In: Ang, BT. (eds) Intracranial Pressure and Brain Monitoring XV. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement, vol 122. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22533-3_33

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