CONTINUOUS CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE BY INDWELLING SPINAL CATHETER
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- 1 February 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 35 (2) , 118-120
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/35.2.118
Abstract
A technique is described of cerebrospinal fluid drainage utilizing an indwelling spinal catheter. This allows continuous drainage and reduction of pressure and brain volume in neurosurgical operations and in conditions such as traumatic cerebrospinal fluid leak and hydrocephalus. Indications, contraindications and results are described.Keywords
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